Reinstalling Windows is a long, grueling experience. Once you get the OS running you have to download updates, track down the right drivers, install your apps, and put everything else together.

Microsoft offers a choice of a straight ISO file or a setup assistant that can tell you if your current environment is compatible with the new OS. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

Create a Windows 8.1 ISO image or save installation files to a USB flash drive with this tool from Microsoft Want to reinstall Windows 8.1 but don’t have any installation media for it? Microsoft has ...

Reader Chris needs to reinstall Windows 7 Home Basic on his laptop. Just one problem: he lost his recovery discs. A more common problem is when you need to reinstall Windows and you never had recovery ...

Microsoft has outlined the streamlined, from-60-down-to-11-clicks upgrade process for Windows 8 -- as in, the installer that appears when mom or pop insert a Windows 8 disc into their Windows 7 or ...

We have already seen how to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, in our last post. Now we will see how to install Windows 8.1 on a separate partition. I did not want to upgrade my existing working ...