Microsoft had gotten a lot of people's knickers in a bit of a knot late last year during WinHEC when it first started providing copies of its next operating system, Windows 7, to developers and hand ...

Here is a question from reader Danny. “I have XP Pro installed at the moment and I would like to format my hard drive so that I can install 2000. Apart from hooking my drive up as a slave to another ...

Apple's latest Boot Camp 4 that ships with Lion requires Windows 7, but there are some methods for retaining older Windows XP and Vista partitions on systems running Lion. Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

I have taken the next step in setting up my Ubuntu working environment, and maintaining access to XP on my laptops for the few things that I still can only do on Windows. As always, I have started ...

What is a boot disk and why do I need one? A boot disk is a floppy or a CD that you can use to boot your computer into a state in which you can use it to fix a problem. There will be times that your ...

Re-sizing partition after Windows XP installation Several users have inquired about modifying the size of their Windows partition after setting up Boot Camp and installing Windows XP. So far, there ...

10 things you can do when Windows XP won’t boot Your email has been sent If your computer powers up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have some troubleshooting ahead ...

OK, this is weird; I am working on a Gateway 300SE, a small form factor desktop, Celeron 1.8 GHz system. The hard drive had failed, so I replaced it & installed Windows XP Home clean. At some point ...

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 ...

Microsoft has been running a campaign for the past few months trying to convince individuals and businesses to stop using the company’s wildly popular, but 10-year-old Windows XP operating system. On ...