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1• Need a boot disk? Why? How?

By Andy Walker. If you're reinstalling your operating system, you may very well need a boot disk.

2• 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.

3•  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.

4• 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.

5• FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history

By Andy Walker. How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.

6• 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.

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• How to add a slave drive

By Andy Walker. Don't be baffled by those tiny switches (and their tiny labels) on your computer's case.

9• How to repair your MBR

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

10• Cyberwalker.com Frequently Asked Questions

By . Are you having difficulties finding your way around our site? We have the answers to your questions right here.

11• How to re-install Windows ME

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

12• How to downgrade Vista to XP

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

13• Reformat and reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop

By Andy Walker. If you need to reinstall Windows 98 on your laptop computer, there are different ways to do it depending on how your particular system is set up.

14• Hate Windows XP? Wipe it out!

By Andy Walker. If you have Windows XP and you want to revert back to Windows ME, 98, or 95, this is how to do it.

15• How to find lost files in Windows XP

By Andy Walker. It can be frustrating trying to find files on your computer.

16• How to fix your printer

By Andy Walker. Printers seem to be the source of a lot of the problems faced by computer users today.

17• Getting a printable list of files in DOS

By Andy Walker. If you need to print out the list of files in a Windows folder, you're going to learn how to do it in a snap by reading this article.

18• How to defragment your computer's hard drive

By Andy Walker. Part of your computer housekeeping should be to run Disk Defragmenter regularly.

19• What's inside a computer?

By Andy Walker. Not exactly sure what makes your computer work? All those parts seem too complicated to understand? This article will help you understand what makes a computer go.

20• Slip-stream into the fast lane

By Chris Ricci. Avoid waiting for Windows XP updates and patches, make them all part of Service Pack 2, and live happily ever after.

21• 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.

22• How to change Virtual Memory settings

By Jason Kerluck. Higher Virtual Memory can help your computer tackle complex tasks with ease and speed of lightning.

23• Two monitors on one computer . . . Is that possible?

By Andy Walker. Yes, it is possible, but you need to know Windows 98's limitations concerning the whole idea.

24• Learn Vista the easy way

By Cyberwalker staff. New DVD introduces computer enthusiasts to Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system.

25• Introduction to Windows Vista

By By Andy Walker. A tour of the new Windows Vista operating system, released by Microsoft at the end of January 2007.

26• Clean your Windows registry

By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.

27• Need to send a huge file? Shrink it!

By Andy Walker. Sending large e-mail attachments has never been easier.

28• 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.

29• Uniblue's RegistryBooster 2

By Ted Gallardo. Clean up your Windows registry with Uniblue RegistryBooster 2.

30• Linus Torvalds' double life

By Andy Walker. Andy Walker catches up with Linux Torvalds in 2000 and talks to him about the operating system that changed his life and the computing world.

31• CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner 3

By Ted Gallardo. A computer's registry gets disorganized quickly, but there are applications that help you keep it in clean, working order.

32• Don't throw anything away: Part 1

By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications eat memory galore.

33• Evidence Eliminator

By Ted Gallardo. There are many reasons why you want to make sure nobody knows what you've been up to on your computer, some of them noble, even.

34• USB: A handy guide

By Andy Walker. USB is great - you just have to make sure your operating system is ready for it.

35• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space

By Andy Walker. You can delete temporary files that the Windows 95 system saves on your hard drive, if you need more space.

36• Here's what you need for your personal home office

By Andy Walker. If you need to buy equipment for your home office, here are some Cyberwalker recommendations.

37• Plugging a memory leak

By Andy Walker. No, it is not a mental disorder.

38• Windows users can open Mac's SIT files.

By Andy Walker. Here's a handy free utility that lets your PC use SIT files created on a Mac.

39•  Should I upgrade to the Windows XP operating system?

By Andy Walker. To move up to XP or not to move up to XP -- that is the question.

40• How to troubleshoot Windows crashes

By Andy Walker. If you have the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death," this article will help you determine the cause, and how to alleviate it.

41• Lost your Windows XP password?

By Chris Ricci. New developments help ease the pain of the loss that used to be almost irreparable.

42• Fix power management with a BIOS update

By Andy Walker. Fixing power management issues with a BIOS update can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.

43• Fix the blue screen of death

By Andy Walker. Does you system crash and show a blue screen? Here are a few tips to help you and your computer out of the mess.

44• Optimize Windows XP

By Andy Walker. If your Windows XP seems sluggish, or just want to boost it's performance follow this easy guide.

45• Carbonite Online Backup

By Jason Kerluck. Carbonite offers an uncomplicated way to save whatever you need to save on your computer before tragedy strikes and your hard drive goes kaput.

46• 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!.

47• How to buy a laptop in 2004

By Andy Walker. Here are a few buying tips to think about before you spend your well-earned money on one.

48• Upgrade from Vista to XP?

By Jason Kerluck. Vista is a resource hog, and it's slow, and it's unstable, so why not replace it with good, old and reliable XP? Not so fast: this switch could pose a host of challenges, some of them almost impossible to overcome.

49• Upgrading to Windows 98

By Andy Walker. Upgrading your OS almost always leads to a headache or two.

50• To move to Windows XP, you'll need to upgrade your RAM

By Andy Walker. If you are looking at using Windows XP, you may need to upgrade your RAM.