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If you're in the market for an external hard drive to use for backing up your Windows 7 computer, you might be asking how much space you need. Microsoft recommends a hard drive with at least 200 ...

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Reader Tom is dealing with this major hassle: When I switched from Windows XP to Windows 7, I was very careful to backup my entire computer to my laptop. After installing Windows 7, I found out that ...

Windows 7 and Windows 8 include the ability to create a system image that can be used to restore your computer's hard drives back to the exact state they were in when you created the backup. This ...

In addition to being useful for collaborative business use, shared network folders can also come in handy when it comes to backing up your business computers. The Backup and Restore feature of Windows ...

Q: My computer has been prompting me to install Windows Service Pack 3. When I start the installation process, I’m also reminded that as a precaution (which doesn’t inspire much confidence!) I should ...

This CNET-produced chart is based on a larger one from Wikipedia. Windows 7 Starter is the lightweight version of the new operating system that only comes with Netbooks. It's not available for upgrade ...