When Microsoft released Windows Vista with a backup tool that images your entire system down into one file, I was very interested. My interest in this new feature, called CompletePC Backup, waned ...

Virtual machine backup can be done using a traditional backup product with agents in each virtual server's file store but can also be carried out via snapshot or by backing up the virtual machine and ...

If you want to back up virtual machines, the options may seem confusing. Methods used to back up virtual machines have evolved rapidly over the past couple of years, from an analogue of traditional ...

Do you normally use Windows 11 and just want to have a quick look at a Linux distribution such as Linux Mint or start the computer with a rescue system to remove a malware infection, for example? Then ...

If you've followed any of what I've written over the past couple of years regarding the benefits of virtualizing Windows desktop PCs, you know that I'm a really big fan of the idea. The basic premise ...

Do you primarily use Windows 11 but want to have a quick look at a Linux distribution like Linux Mint? Well, booting from a live DVD or USB stick is a convenient solution. The advantage of this is ...

Windows 7 is already a big hit for Microsoft, according to market-share tracker Net Applications, which shows it rising past all the extant versions of Linux and Windows except Vista and XP and into ...