Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

The Unix operating system is one of computing's most significant technologies, providing the framework that the familiar Linux and Mac OS X operating systems were developed on. Unix can be a viable ...

We hear a lot about single-instance storage; single-instance backup. When you start backing up operating system (OS) files, you will have the same .DLL, for example, on each of your Windows servers -- ...

ZDNET's key takeaways A system snapshot ensures you always have the means to restore.Some operating systems have built-in ...

In this article, we will discuss the features of the Resilient File System and learn how to enable or disable ReFS in the Windows Server and Windows 11 operating systems. We will also attempt to ...

Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

Q: How easy is it to revert to XP or Vista from Windows 7 if one is not satisfied with the new operating system? A: Unlike upgrading or installing a software program, there is no simple way to ...

Modern operating systems are all far more secure than their historic counterparts, but which operating system is the safest? That somewhat depends on how you use it — no operating system is “safe” if ...