Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

When it comes to backing up and restoring your PC, Windows 8 took a few steps forward and a few steps back. Your settings and apps in the new tablet-y interface (yeah, we’re still calling it Metro) ...

It wasn't one of the more publicized features, but Windows 8 actually comes with a brand-new backup feature called File History, that works similar to Apple's Time Machine: It automatically backs up ...

Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

Windows 8 can natively mount ISOs, and Task Manager is much improved -- and, perhaps most importantly, Windows 8 now has a built-in, continuous backup tool called File History. Share on Facebook ...

There is a way by which one can browse the contents of a system image and extract individual files in Windows 11/10. You need not restore an entire system image for getting or extracting few important ...

Making a full system image backup preserves not only your files, but Windows and all its settings as well. Here are the best free Windows backup and recovery tools with step-by-step instructions. When ...