Disk Repair also attempts to make it so you cannot run any programs on your computer. If you attempt to launch a program it will terminate it and state that the program or hard drive is corrupted.

There are a variety of maintenance routines that people can run in OS X, including the disk verification and permissions repair that come with the system, along with scripts such as cache cleaners ...

Repair Disk isn’t the first option you should choose if your Mac is ailing, but it is helpful when (for example): Performance has degraded Data is missing You are experiencing degraded system ...

The Windows XP installation CD-ROM includes recovery options on it. When booting from the CD-ROM you can access the recovery console to repair corrupted boot files and scan the hard drive for any ...

Windows has an inbuilt mechanism that checks the hard drive and reports errors if anything isn’t working as expected. In case a problem is detected, the user gets ...

Windows 8 has the ability to create a bootable USB flash recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot a Windows 8 computer that is unable to start. A recovery drive is the same as a startup repair ...

Disk cleanups could easily belong in the top five most frequently performed computer maintenance tasks. Many PC users have had the experience of checking different folders on their computer to see if ...

I would say all computer users must have a rescue disk. You don’t know when you will need it. One day or the other, you might end up in a situation where your Windows computer won’t boot! Nowadays, ...

Over time, I realized that if I added the right ISOs, it could help me diagnose and fix a wide range of PC issues without ...

I started out looking for a handy disk partitioning tool to repair a colleague’s ailing computer. I ended up finding a toolbox full of very handy repair and system maintenance apps. As a bonus, I got ...