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Access the Command Prompt from Windows 8 Recovery Drive

April 26, 2013 8:42am PDT

Access the Command Prompt from Windows 8's Recovery Drive and use it to recover data. Greg Shultz shows you how it works.

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Slideshow: Use System Image Recovery tool to restore your hard disk

March 27, 2013 11:51am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery tool from the Recovery Drive to restore your hard disk.

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Know what to expect from the Windows 8 Recovery Drive

February 20, 2013 1:11pm PST

Greg Shultz shows you how to use the Windows 8 Recovery Drive and exactly what to expect if you should ever need it.

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Protect yourself with a Windows 8 Recovery Drive

February 13, 2013 12:04pm PST

Greg Shultz shows you how to create a Recovery Drive in Windows 8 for both a flash drive and an optical disk.

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Easy password recovery with these five applications

January 4, 2013 11:11am PST

Sometimes we forget passwords and need a little help with the recovery process.

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Five free recovery tools you can carry with you

September 4, 2012 5:59am PDT

Make sure your portable toolkit includes a reliable recovery solution. Here are five possibilities worth checking out.

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Five password recovery tools to use in a pinch

May 27, 2012 10:02am PDT

When you've lost a critical password for a system you administer, one of these tools may save the day.

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Five great apps to handle emergency recoveries

April 16, 2012 9:03am PDT

With this combination of apps in your toolkit, you should be able to tackle just about any software crisis you encounter in the field.

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Five data recovery tools that could save the day

February 13, 2012 10:54am PST

When a hard drive crashes and takes important files with it, you may need to turn to one of these rescue apps.

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Configure and use shadow copy in Microsoft Windows

November 18, 2011 12:14am PST

The shadow copy feature in Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 goes a long way toward making file restoration just a few mouse clicks away from reality. That is, if you have turned shadow copy...

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Slideshow: How to restore a hard disk with Windows 7 System Image Recovery

July 21, 2011 10:46am PDT

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery to revive an unbootable Windows system.

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ioSafe external drive takes shotgun blast and keeps working

January 11, 2011 7:05pm PST

At CES 2011, ioSafe demonstrated the durability of its Go-Anywhere Ultra Rugged Portable Hard Drive by letting reporters shoot it with a shotgun.

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Creative backup solutions for every situation

December 2, 2010 6:42am PST

TechRepublic contributors have used and reviewed a lot of backup solutions, for every type of OS and situation. Here are 14 of the tried and true methods and products.

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Spotlight: Kleo Bare Metal Backup

September 7, 2010 1:49pm PDT

Kleo Bare-Metal Backup is a Linux distribution with a powerful backup solution built in. It's all GUI and very simple to use.

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Lightning strikes computer modem leaves burned circuits behind

June 11, 2010 7:41am PDT

Charred metal, melted plastic, and burned circuits result when lightning strikes a computer modem.

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Spotlight: SyncToy 2.1 file synchronization

May 11, 2010 11:11am PDT

If you are looking for a simple, straightforward, reliable backup tool, then SyncToy might be the best solution for you.

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Spotlight: Paragon Drive Backup 10 Workstation

March 2, 2010 8:43am PST

Paragon Drive Backup provides businesses with a powerful system backup utility that goes far beyond the standard file and folder backup scenarios.

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Spotlight: Acronis Backup & Recovery 10

February 24, 2010 1:09pm PST

IT professionals, at least the smart ones, are increasingly abandoning old school data backup routines in favor of automated disk imaging software. Whether backing up workstations, laptops or...

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Inside Microsoft's disaster recovery center (photos)

January 26, 2010 10:40am PST

CNET got a peek at the rather ordinary Microsoft conference room that serves as its war room during disasters.

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Product Spotlight: Computrace LoJack for Laptops

April 21, 2009 8:04am PDT

More than 600,000 laptop computers are stolen annually. Your organization could be the next victim. LoJack for Laptops assists in the recovery of stolen Macintosh and PC computers and offers an...