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1• How to get into your computer's BIOS

By Andy Walker. If you need to access the BIOS in your system, this will guide you through the process.

2• How to reformat and reinstall Windows XP - Method #2

By Andy Walker. Our Windows XP Reinstall and Reformat FAQ has two methods.

3• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs

By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.

4•  Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98

By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.

5• How to reformat and reinstall Windows Vista

By Andy Walker. Before you decide to reformat and reinstall your Windows Vista, there are several important things to consider.

6• File system? Which Windows uses what

By Andy Walker. If you need to figure out your filing system on your Windows operating system, this article's for you.

7• One Window too many?

By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.

8• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1

By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.

9• How to re-install Windows ME

By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.

10•  How to add a second hard drive

By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.

11• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista

By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.

12• Wipe Vista and start fresh: Part 2

By Andy Walker. In this second step of the Vista reinstallation, wipe the hard drive and install a fresh copy.

13• How to repair your MBR

By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.

14• How to downgrade Vista to XP

By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.

15• Windows XP goes kaboom?

By Chris Ricci. An XP crash sounds ominous but it doesn't have to be: you can save your PC without losing your data.

16• Good old DOS to the rescue

By Andy Walker. Rebuild your Master Boot Record and keep your computer running.

17• A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive

By Andy Walker. If you're going to format your C: drive, be sure to do it right.

18• How to clean up Windows 98 start up

By Andy Walker. Keep your zippy wonder box tidy for continued fast performance.

19• Fine-tuning the reformat-reinstall process for Windows 95

By Andy Walker. Follow-up to an earlier article with additional hints about formatting a hard drive to install Windows 95.

20• Running XP and Vista on the same machine

By Jason Kerluck. For those who are impatient enough not to be willing to wait until Microsoft fixes Vista into an acceptable operating system, here's an ingenious solution: dual-booting.

21• What to do when defrag says there's not enough memory

By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker explains the problems behind a mysterious error message you might get when launching Defrag or Scandisk.

22• Windows caught in the cookie jar

By Andy Walker. Cookies.

23• Take control of your documents

By Chris Ricci. A few useful tips to share your files with those you want to share them with, and make sure they're safe.

24• Hard-drive shuffle tough to master

By Andy Walker. Want to know how to switch your hard drives and their corresponding drive letters? Here's how!.

25• How to set up a dual booting PC easily

By Andy Walker. Dual booting can be a tricky thing.

26• How to repair your master boot record if it's infected with a virus

By Andy Walker. Learn how to fix, recover and repair the master boot record if it is infected with a virus.

27• Reformatting partitioned drives

By Andy Walker. The "format" command is very powerful but, in this case, it's also very specific.

28• Return to XP an involved operation

By Jason Kerluck. Restoring your hard drive so XP installer can see what it's doing is not easy, but it's worth the effort to the many who prefer the older operating system to Vista.

29• PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.0

By Andy Walker. PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.

30• Ten Commandments to keep your computer healthy

By Jason Kerluck. They all make common sense, but not every computer is aware of them: basic rules to help your computer keep running in top form.

31• Windows 95 backup meant for files

By Andy Walker. Backing up your data is essential.

32• iPod can carry loads of data

By Chris Ricci. It takes just a bit of shuffling to organize your music, but once you're done, you can't beat the price-per-GB of storage the iPod offers.

33• FAT facts for partitioners

By Andy Walker. For those who are curious what FAT or FAT32 is, here you go.

34• Windows 98: Not as scary as many fear.

By Andy Walker. With each new OS comes some apprehension, which is normal.

35• Out with the new, in with the old

By Chris Ricci. Upgrading to Windows Vista is not as easy at it seems: the new OS has its own ticks.

36• Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

By Randy Walker. Many computer users like Windows applications so much, they want to be able to run them even on Mac computers.

37• Windows 95 Plus?

By Andy Walker. How do you find out what version of Windows 95 you have, and what difference does it make?.

38• Cyberwalker Radio Episode 009

By staff. Memory leaks, spyware, sound problems, and more!.