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24 Clean Start We teach you the trouble-free way to reinstall both XP and Vista 41 Th e Ma x i m u m PC 100 The most important t ...

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Battery Not Refilled—or Returned It finally happened to me. I needed a new battery for my son’s Sager laptop, so I decid- ed to ...

your OEM OS with a PC or just a single piece of hardware, Microsoft considers the OS tied to the motherboard it’s first installe ...

Give Windows a When you can’t fi x it. When you can’t repair it. When you can’t even boot, it’s time to reinstall your OS—the ri ...

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