If you've bought a Dell computer recently, you probably noticed it didn't come with the backup and recovery disks of the past. Instead of having to store CDs that you may not even be able to find when ...

The latest versions of the Mac OS X operating system are not available as DVDs, but you can still boot your computer to an installation volume and run different Disk Utility operations. For example, ...

Formatting your hard drive is very useful. It’s good for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a new copy of Windows. Formatting is also good for cleaning up storage issues, ...