Ars Technica

Windows doesn't boot after partition clone. Tried FIXMBR

I cloned my Windows XP partition to a blank hard drive (using Clonezilla), then when I tried to boot from the new drive, the system POSTs, then sits at a black screen with a blinking cursor. The XP ...
TWCN Tech News

Fix Windows Startup and Boot problems – Advanced Troubleshooting

3 Windows OS Loader %SystemRoot%\system32\winload.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\winload.efi 4 Windows NT OS Kernel %SystemRoot%\system32\ntoskrnl.exe When you hit the ...
Ars Technica

Upgrading laptop SSD- Keep or nix recovery partitions?

I'm upgrading a Win 8.1 laptop's SSD (Samsung Ativ Book 9) to a new 2TB drive for a family member, and I have a question about which, if any, recovery partitions I should copy over, or just allow ...
PC World

Aomei Partition Assistant review: Windows to Go no longer just for Enterprise users

Aomei Partition Assistant is a top-flight partition utility and uniquely offers the ability to create Windows To Go disks from any flavor of Windows 8. When the folks at Aomei contacted me about ...
CNET

How-To: Managing partitions with Disk Utility

There may be times where you've either decided to partition a drive or are finished with a partition and wish to remove it and dedicate the space to another partition. The disk management tool Disk ...