Whether you're installing a brand-new drive or wiping an old one clean, formatting a drive is a basic maintenance task you should know how to do. Luckily, Windows 7 and 8 make this pretty easy.

Copilot on Windows can now retrieve files from your PC’s hard drive. I've tested the AI-driven search feature and show you how to benefit.

Want to clone your hard drive? Here's a step-by-step guide to take your though the process, as well as recommendations for the best software to use.

Whichever desktop search program you use, you'll have to wait a bit while it indexes your hard drive. How long that takes depends on how many files or email messages you have but it could take ...