Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

If your hard drive is getting errors, you can scan for bad sectors and try to fix them with the Check Disk Utility.

Microsoft PC Manager is a free all-in-one Windows optimization tool that boosts performance, cleans storage, manages apps, ...

Windows Terminal has a hidden feature called "Quake mode" that turns it into a global drop-down console, saving you precious seconds and mouse clicks.

Missing folders? Unreadable files? Corrupted hard drive? Sooner or later, most PC users lose data of some kind. Here’s a series of steps you can take in Windows 11 (or 10) to bring things back. Sadly, ...

A computer running Chkdsk during startup is probably not causing harm, but it could still be cause for alarm. This command-line utility also called Check Disk checks for and fixes file system issues ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Go retro with these powerful commands. Go retro with these powerful commands. Scratch the surface of Windows (and ...

Chkdsk is the Windows command for checking hard drives for errors and repairing them, if possible. If your company uses the Ubuntu Linux operating system rather than Windows, the chkdsk command will ...

Hard disk health is crucial for maintaining the integrity and performance of your computer, as it stores all your valuable data. Regularly checking your hard disk health can help prevent data loss and ...