Security researchers have found a way to corrupt the firmware of a critical component usually found in servers to turn the systems into an unbootable hardware assembly. The recovery procedure requires ...

Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

A lot of people see a PC that won’t boot, and assume that it’s infected. That’s the least likely cause. I’m not answering a particular reader question this time around, although a recent forum ...

A growing number of Mac and Macbook owners report that their devices become unbootable after attempting to update to the latest version of macOS, codenamed 'Monterey.' Apple released Monterey last ...

We're getting news of a particularly nasty Trojan targeting Windows-based PC today, which anti-virus companies have dubbed "Shamoon." Like most malware, Shamoon exists to steal data from computers ...

Alas, the days when Windows came with a program for creating a useful emergency bootfloppy are long gone. And those old boot floppies wouldn’t help with XP orVista–even if you PC had a floppy drive.

Organizations using Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) tool to control Windows client updates may have ended up with dead PCs this week after a Microsoft release mistake. Update 10/12: ...

The System File Checker (sfc.exe) is a command-line tool built into Windows that helps you repair corrupted system files. If you can't boot your PC, the Winhelponline blog explains how to use it from ...

For Windows enthusiasts, Patch Tuesday being canceled is reminiscent of when Santa almost had to cancel Christmas before he discovered Rudolph's glowing nose, but Patch Tuesday was indeed canceled ...

tl;dr there's a firmware/software bug that can render an apple silicon laptop unbootable when ProMotion is disabled. I have two laptops impacted by this, both required DFU recovery. I linked to ...

Microsoft has released new updates for Windows 10 that resolve an issue in its Meltdown and Spectre patches that caused some AMD systems to become unbootable. If you've got an AMD PC and couldn't ...

While working on a Linux port for the latest version of macOS, the team at Asahi Linux has uncovered what they say is a bug in ProMotion MacBooks that could leave users with “a completely unbootable ...