Windows - If you've just bought a new laptop or pre-built desktop running Windows it's more than likely you do not have a disc with the operating system. You may have a restore disc or hard drive ...

This practice has continued with later versions of Windows and is compounded by the fact that many modern systems such as netbooks don't have a DVD drive to reload the system from.

If you want to keep a copy of the current version of Windows handy in case of emergencies, you can download a copy of Windows 7 to your flash drive and use it to install Windows 7 without the disk.

If you have to go back and reinstall Windows 7 for whatever reason, you’ll have to both reinstall the previous operating system and put in a call to Customer Support. That’s because the key to ...