If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

System Restore is a long-standing feature on Windows 11. Its purpose is to create snapshots of the computer's current working state and save them as "restore points" when specific events are triggered ...

If Windows 11 no longer works properly, you can reset the operating system, download the installation files from the Microsoft cloud, and reinstall Windows 11. You can also restore your data in the ...

Imagine your documents, photos, videos, and other files are gone forever by sudden system crashes or storage device failures. Quite scary, right? However, to prevent this from happening, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft announced two new Windows 11 recovery features today at the Ignite developer conference, called Cloud Rebuild and Point-in-Time Restore (PITR), that aim to reduce downtime and make it easier ...

The Windows Backup app is a new addition to the already feature-rich suite of apps that allows you to configure backups for your files, settings, credentials, and apps to your OneDrive account. It is ...

Microsoft is expanding the capabilities of its App restore via OOBE which it debuted back in May. In case you weren't aware, the feature is meant to make it easier to back-up and restore apps. Back in ...

Dev Drive is a new form of storage volume available to improve performance for key developer workloads. Dev Drive is built upon Resilient File System (ReFS) technology and includes file system ...

User will be able to quickly restore apps across PCs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft is finally bringing a ...

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview includes a new Backup App that functions in a similar fashion to Time Machine in macOS. The backup app will allow for more regular backups of most apps, settings, ...