ZDNET's key takeaways A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery.The bug prevented the use of USB mice ...

Windows 11 KB5070773 is rolling out as an out-of-band update to address a broken Windows Recovery Environment caused by ...

USB devices stopped working in Windows 11 recovery mode? Here’s the quick Microsoft fix you need to regain full control right now.

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), which became unusable on systems ...

Reboot into Windows RE from a previously-created USB recovery drive. This is the ideal solution, since the USB recovery drive ...

A new bug stops USB devices in the Windows Recovery Environment. You can't navigate the WinRE screens using a mouse or keyboard. Microsoft is working on a fix, but there is one workaround. What would ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

Update 19-Aug-2024: Microsoft has now resolved this bug. See details below. Five years ago, after a particularly embarrassing run of flawed Windows updates, Microsoft vowed to do better. Part of its ...

A Recovery Partition on Windows computers is a special partition that is used for System Recovery purposes. You can view the Recovery Partition in the Disk Management tool on your Windows computer.

When you open the Disk Management app, you may find multiple Recovery Partitions. You may wonder why are there multiple Recovery Partitions? Can I remove or merge the Recovery Partitions in Windows 11 ...

Back in May, a report suggested that Microsoft was looking to default-encrypt Windows 11 24H2 Home PCs. This could lead to potential performance loss, even on fast NVMe SSDs, though CPUs can be a ...