Windows can and will crash — and after it does it may not boot normally. To be prepared for worst-case scenarios, learn how to create a bootable recovery partition on your system drive. From time to ...

The hidden recovery partition on your HP computer lets you restore your business machine back to its factory default condition. The recovery program resides on its own partition, so it is accessible ...

I spent a good deal of the afternoon diving in where no sane person really wants to spend a lot of time -- in my Lion recovery partition. It's not hard to get there, and it's quite a curious place ...

If your Recovery HD partition in OS X Lion is missing or not working, then it may be easy to get working with just a few steps. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

[Editor’s note: This article is part of our series of articles on installing and upgrading to Lion.] Apple this week released a free utility called Lion Recovery Disk Assistant that provides an easy ...

A major feature that debuted in Lion (OS X 10.7) and continues in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is one I hope you’ll never need to use: recovery mode, officially called OS X Recovery. (It was called Lion ...