If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

It's been over a year now since the infamous CrowdStrike incident that put both CrowdStrike itself and Microsoft on blast over the inability of millions of computers around the world to recover from a ...

Microsoft’s latest trick: fixing your PC before you can Google “how to fix my PC. Here's how Quick Machine Recovery works.

QMR is Microsoft’s emerging tool to resurrect Windows after updates break bad. Here’s what it does and how to take it for a test drive. A noteworthy new feature is starting to make its way into ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is developing a Windows 11 feature called 'Quick Machine Recovery' to help users swiftly recover from serious PC issues. Part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative, it automates what ...

Microsoft is expanding the toolbox of recovery options for Windows 11. After recently adding the ability to reinstall Windows via Windows Update—at least in version 24H2—the company is now introducing ...

If you run into problems that you cannot easily fix on a computer running Windows 11, there’s a not-quite-nuclear option built into the operating system that lets you “Reset this PC” by reinstalling ...

The Recovery Partition does not have a drive letter. Therefore, it is not visible in the File Explorer. You can view it in the Disk Management app. However, some users found the Recovery Partition ...

To safely downgrade from Windows 11 24H2 to 23H2, use the Go Back feature within 10 days via Settings > Windows Update > Advanced Options > Recovery > Go Back. If unavailable, manually install 23H2 by ...

Latest Windows Security Update Can Botch Device Recovery, Reinstall Options Microsoft warns that the August security update can prevent Windows 10 and 11 PCs from initiating a factory reset or ...

Microsoft, today, has released the newest build to the Windows 11 Beta channel and Dev channel Insider programs for users flighting those channels. The new build, 26220.7070, is for both Dev and Beta, ...