As the designated tech guy around the house, I knew even before my parents told me that their Windows 10 laptop is getting slower and slower that I had to swap the original hard drive with one of the ...

Sometimes, the best way to fix deep-seated Windows issues is to burn everything to the ground and start from scratch. Reinstalling Windows refreshes the operating system, which gets rid of most ...

In this post, I will talk about Windows 11/10 Fresh Start, Reset, Refresh, Clean install & In-place upgrade options so that you know when to use which option: Windows Reset will remove everything. If ...

I'm plotting my first native NVMe build, and intend to reuse the existing Windows 10 install on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. I haven't done this before, and falling back on "just reinstall from cold" is an ...

If you're planning to do a completely clean install of Windows 10, with no trace of the previous operating system or data left behind, you need to start your PC using bootable media and run the ...

I have a new Thinkpad T470S shipping my way (my T420 is dying and I need something better though I will miss the classic keyboard). If anyone has done a clean Win10 install, would you recommend it? Is ...