If a virus or malware app leaves your Windows installation in shambles, you may not be able to repair it with clean-up tools. Sometimes, the damage from malware, viruses or just plain old poorly ...

In some cases, formatting your PC may be the last resort to remove viruses that can not be eradicated with existing antivirus programs. After reformatting, you can reinstall the operating system and ...

Reformatting a computer wipes the data stored on its hard drive, allowing for a clean installation of the system and programs. (In fact, you are technically reformatting the hard drive, so ...

It’s been almost a year to the day since I adopted an Acer desktop replacement (i.e. a big honking laptop) as my primary PC. It’s a powerhouse, stocked with a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, a Blu-ray ...