Unless your computer is pretty old, it probably uses UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) to boot. The idea is that a bootloader picks up files from an EFI partition and uses them to start ...

Safe Mode is a lightweight version of the Windows operating system that you can use to troubleshoot the computer when the operating system fails to boot. However, if Safe Mode doesn't work, you must ...

Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...

First off, a little context. I'm a 30+ year Mac user and I just bought my first PC in decades. I'm no stranger to Windows and Linux, but haven't used them as a desktop OS for about 15 years. My ...

If you have a bootable USB drive, you can boot your Windows 10 computer from the USB drive. The easiest way to boot from USB is to open the Advanced Startup Options by holding the Shift key when you ...

If your computer is not booting with the two RAM sticks, the problem might be with your RAM sticks or the RAM slots. In this case, you can do one thing. Insert only one RAM stick at a time and start ...

If one of your PCs fails to boot properly -- or is stuck in an endless boot cycle -- accessing Windows and your files may seem impossible. Troubleshooting and repairing a PC that reboots constantly ...

We noticed a peculiar scenario where our system starts normally most of the time, but sometimes it boots into BitLocker and asks for the key. If we press Alt or any other button to try to troubleshoot ...

John O’Brien’s PC can’t boot from a USB drive. Every PC needs a way to boot into something other than the installed operating system. Removable boot media allows you to repair your Windows ...

I've got a small irritant in my computing life these days. My Asrock B650M-HDV/M.2 will sometimes hang at boot up. It sticks at the splash screen and will not start the operating system, no matter how ...

QMy Windows Millennium Edition PC was hit by the CMOS B virus. Now the system freezes up every time I run Norton. AAlthough last week's Nimda virus got all the press, it wasn't the only virus ...