Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

While it's lightweight and has all the bells and whistles of the other models, the MacBook Air does have limitations. One is that its drive space is at a premium. Plus, it is a computer, and prone to ...

If your Windows 11/10 computer won’t boot with a second hard drive plugged in, then first make sure the drive is working properly and there are no issues with it. Having done that, try these ...

As a good PC user, I run security software in Windows to protect my computer from malware that may pop up as I go about my ...

Bombich Software recently updated Carbon Copy Cloner to version 6, and its founder, Mike Bombich, posted a blog entry explaining some of the intricacies involved with updating cloning software for Big ...

I am in charge of upgrading a small computer lab from Windows XP to Windows 7 and I'm having a hell of a time with it. One quirk of these computers is that they don't have a DVD drive, so I've made an ...

"PRAM" (Parameter RAM) consists of a small chip of memory, which contains hardware parameters that the machine can use before the system is loaded. This information includes system volume, screen ...

There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem. This advice is usually the first tip you get from friends, family, and tech support.

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I am working on a friend's father's old computer. It has an old install of Windows 95. He says that, after installing Adobe Acrobat Reader, it would no longer boot into Windows 95.<BR><BR>When I boot ...