In Android, move a photo to another folder

<div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/android-phone" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><em style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.45em">Once he's snapped a photo with his Android phone, Bob wants to move it to another folder.</em><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">This isn't really a photo issue; it's a file management issue. And so you need a file management app. I recommend the<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">ASTRO File Manager</a>. The Pro version costs $4, but the basic, free app is sufficient for this job (and much more).</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">After you've installed ASTRO from the Play Store, go ahead and launch it. Tap the <em style>Camera </em>folder. If you don't see a Camera folder, tap the <em style>DCIM </em>folder; you'll find the <em style>Camera </em>folder inside<em style>.</em></p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The Camera folder contains all of the photos you've taken but have not yet deleted or moved elsewhere. Each photo will be visible as a thumbnail. Tap and hold the photo you want to move. If it's your most recent snapshot, it will be at the bottom.</p> <img alt="" border="0" height="533" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/0718-move-100045187-medium.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="300"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> An orange outline will appear around the thumbnail, indicating that you've selected it. Two additional menus will pop-up.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to select an additional photo, tap it. If you want to select all of them, tap and hold any one of them.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Tap <em style>Move </em>on the bottom menu. Two buttons will appear: CANCEL and PASTE. For now, ignore them.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Navigate ASTRO to the target folder. You can swipe left to right for the Android version of My Computer, listing all of the storage devices available. Tap the one you want and find and tap your desired folder.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to create a new folder, tap the menu icon in the upper-right corner and select <em style>New Folder.</em></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> When you're in the right folder, tap<em style>PASTE.</em></p></span>

In Android, move a photo to another folder

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In Android, move a photo to another folder

<div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/android-phone" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><em style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.45em">Once he's snapped a photo with his Android phone, Bob wants to move it to another folder.</em><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">This isn't really a photo issue; it's a file management issue. And so you need a file management app. I recommend the<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">ASTRO File Manager</a>. The Pro version costs $4, but the basic, free app is sufficient for this job (and much more).</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">After you've installed ASTRO from the Play Store, go ahead and launch it. Tap the <em style>Camera </em>folder. If you don't see a Camera folder, tap the <em style>DCIM </em>folder; you'll find the <em style>Camera </em>folder inside<em style>.</em></p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The Camera folder contains all of the photos you've taken but have not yet deleted or moved elsewhere. Each photo will be visible as a thumbnail. Tap and hold the photo you want to move. If it's your most recent snapshot, it will be at the bottom.</p> <img alt="" border="0" height="533" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/0718-move-100045187-medium.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="300"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> An orange outline will appear around the thumbnail, indicating that you've selected it. Two additional menus will pop-up.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to select an additional photo, tap it. If you want to select all of them, tap and hold any one of them.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Tap <em style>Move </em>on the bottom menu. Two buttons will appear: CANCEL and PASTE. For now, ignore them.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Navigate ASTRO to the target folder. You can swipe left to right for the Android version of My Computer, listing all of the storage devices available. Tap the one you want and find and tap your desired folder.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to create a new folder, tap the menu icon in the upper-right corner and select <em style>New Folder.</em></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> When you're in the right folder, tap<em style>PASTE.</em></p></span>

In Android, move a photo to another folder

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Three cool ways to tweak File Explorer in Windows 8

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100046380 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/windows-8-file-explorer-toolbar-100046380-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/windows-8" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Microsoft may have bungled a few things with Windows 8 (snark reply: "Just a few?!"), but File Explorer isn't one of them.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">For one thing, the file manager finally earned a home on the Taskbar (even if you have to switch to the desktop to find it). Even better, Microsoft endowed it with the now-familiar Ribbon interface, making for much easier navigation of your files (and Explorer itself).</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">However, I think it could be even better with a little tweaking. Here are three simple changes you can make to improve the File Explorer experience:</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> <strong style>1. Customize the Quick Access Toolbar.</strong> See those tiny icons in the upper-left corner of the File Explorer window? Click the even tinier arrow next to them for a list of additional functions you can enable. Why add, say, a Delete icon when Explorer already has one? Because the latter appears only when you're viewing the Home tab. Put it on the Toolbar, however, and it's always just a click away.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><strong style>2. Show all your folders.</strong> In an effort to keep things compact, Explorer shows an abbreviated list of your folders in the lefthand navigation pane. I'd rather see everything, which is possible by clicking the <em style>View</em> tab, then the<em style>Navigation pane</em> icon. Now simply click<em style>Show all folders</em>.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><strong style>3. Improve your view.</strong> I find that very few users ever monkey with Explorer's default view for files, even though it's often very valuable to do so. Thankfully, Explorer now gives you a preview of what each view will look like, a huge boon to users who might get confused by a sudden change. Just click the View tab, then mouse over the various options in the Layout section: Extra large icons, List, Details, etc. In the file area you'll immediately see how that view would look. Like what you see? Click the setting to implement it.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Have you found any other ways to fiddle with File Explorer and make it better? Share your thoughts in the comments.</p></span>

Three cool ways to tweak File Explorer in Windows 8

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Three cool ways to tweak File Explorer in Windows 8

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100046380 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt0.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/windows-8-file-explorer-toolbar-100046380-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/windows-8" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Microsoft may have bungled a few things with Windows 8 (snark reply: "Just a few?!"), but File Explorer isn't one of them.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">For one thing, the file manager finally earned a home on the Taskbar (even if you have to switch to the desktop to find it). Even better, Microsoft endowed it with the now-familiar Ribbon interface, making for much easier navigation of your files (and Explorer itself).</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">However, I think it could be even better with a little tweaking. Here are three simple changes you can make to improve the File Explorer experience:</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> <strong style>1. Customize the Quick Access Toolbar.</strong> See those tiny icons in the upper-left corner of the File Explorer window? Click the even tinier arrow next to them for a list of additional functions you can enable. Why add, say, a Delete icon when Explorer already has one? Because the latter appears only when you're viewing the Home tab. Put it on the Toolbar, however, and it's always just a click away.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><strong style>2. Show all your folders.</strong> In an effort to keep things compact, Explorer shows an abbreviated list of your folders in the lefthand navigation pane. I'd rather see everything, which is possible by clicking the <em style>View</em> tab, then the<em style>Navigation pane</em> icon. Now simply click<em style>Show all folders</em>.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><strong style>3. Improve your view.</strong> I find that very few users ever monkey with Explorer's default view for files, even though it's often very valuable to do so. Thankfully, Explorer now gives you a preview of what each view will look like, a huge boon to users who might get confused by a sudden change. Just click the View tab, then mouse over the various options in the Layout section: Extra large icons, List, Details, etc. In the file area you'll immediately see how that view would look. Like what you see? Click the setting to implement it.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Have you found any other ways to fiddle with File Explorer and make it better? Share your thoughts in the comments.</p></span>

Three cool ways to tweak File Explorer in Windows 8

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Convert a PDF for Kindle viewing, no software required

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Convert a PDF for Kindle viewing, no software required

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Convert a PDF for Kindle viewing, no software required

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="galleryImage imgId100025338 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt3.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/02/pdf-logo-100025338-gallery.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/tablet-pc" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">If you rely on a Kindle (or Kindle app) for reading, you probably know that it supports not only ebooks, but also PDFs.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">In fact, if you've done your homework, you also know that your Kindle (or Kindle app) has its own email address, meaning you can send any PDF straight to your device just by attaching it to an email. (You can find this address in the Kindle's Settings area.)</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Unfortunately, most PDFs arrive exactly as they are: static images that aren't optimized for Kindle viewing, and therefore require a lot of zooming and scrolling. If you ask me, they're almost unreadable in this state.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">But here's a little-known fact: Amazon will convert your PDF to raw text when you put the word <strong style>convert</strong> in the subject line of the email.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> There are a few caveats here. First, the conversion will take time. I sent a few documents through to the Kindle app on my tablet, and although they were just a few pages apiece, it took close to an hour for them to arrive.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Second, this won't work with all PDFs. One of the documents I sent through ended up as a rotated image with each page split in half—and I couldn't even zoom it.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">For stubborn docs like those, you're probably better off with a more robust conversion option, my favorite being<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/product/952319/calibre.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">Calibre</a>. But if you're away from your desktop, or perhaps your workplace won't allow you to install software, Amazon's own conversion option might just save the day. If nothing else, it's a quick and painless exercise.</p> </span>

Convert a PDF for Kindle viewing, no software required

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How to delete or move a lot of Gmail messages

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100035877 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt2.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/05/gmail_logo-100035877-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/productivity" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Gmail lacks an obvious, simple tool for bulk operations. There's no button to click or menu option to select for deleting or altering all of the messages or conversations that share a specific attribute. But you can still do it.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Before any bulk operations, remember that Gmail defaults to presenting your mail not in <em style>messages </em>(what I sent to you), but in <em style>conversations </em>(what I sent to you, your reply, my reply to your reply, and so on). So when you delete all the messages from, say, your ex, you'll also delete every other message in all of those discussions.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If that isn't what you want, turn off Conversation mode. Click the tool icon near the top-right corner and select<em style>Settings. </em>In the <em style>General </em>tab, select<em style>Conversation view off.</em> You may want to turn it back on when you're done.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">You start the bulk process with a search. If you want to delete all messages from a particular address, click the search field near the top of the window and type <strong style>from:</strong>,<strong style> </strong>followed by the address, such as <strong style>from: <a href="mailto:answer@snmreddy.com">answer@snmreddy.com</a></strong> (although I hope that's not the address you want to delete.)</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">On the other hand, if you want to delete or move all of the messages connected to that address--from, to, cc'd, or even just referenced in the text--skip the<strong style>from: </strong>label and just type in the address.</p> <img alt="" border="0" height="129" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0715-select-button-100042903-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="314"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> You'll soon have a list of messages that match your criteria. Click the Select button--the one with the box icon immediately to the left of the Refresh button. This will select all visible messages or discussions, but probably not all that match your search criteria. So follow that by clicking the <em style="line-height:1.45em">Select all conversations that match this search</em> link.</p> <em style="line-height:1.45em"><img alt="" border="0" height="102" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0715-select-all-100042904-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="581"></em><em style="line-height:1.45em"></em><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> If you want to delete the messages, click the trash can icon. If you wish to archive them to a different location.</p></span>

How to delete or move a lot of Gmail messages

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How to delete or move a lot of Gmail messages

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100035877 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt2.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/05/gmail_logo-100035877-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/productivity" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Gmail lacks an obvious, simple tool for bulk operations. There's no button to click or menu option to select for deleting or altering all of the messages or conversations that share a specific attribute. But you can still do it.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Before any bulk operations, remember that Gmail defaults to presenting your mail not in <em style>messages </em>(what I sent to you), but in <em style>conversations </em>(what I sent to you, your reply, my reply to your reply, and so on). So when you delete all the messages from, say, your ex, you'll also delete every other message in all of those discussions.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If that isn't what you want, turn off Conversation mode. Click the tool icon near the top-right corner and select<em style>Settings. </em>In the <em style>General </em>tab, select<em style>Conversation view off.</em> You may want to turn it back on when you're done.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">You start the bulk process with a search. If you want to delete all messages from a particular address, click the search field near the top of the window and type <strong style>from:</strong>,<strong style> </strong>followed by the address, such as <strong style>from: <a href="mailto:answer@snmreddy.com">answer@snmreddy.com</a></strong> (although I hope that's not the address you want to delete.)</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">On the other hand, if you want to delete or move all of the messages connected to that address--from, to, cc'd, or even just referenced in the text--skip the<strong style>from: </strong>label and just type in the address.</p> <img alt="" border="0" height="129" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0715-select-button-100042903-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="314"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> You'll soon have a list of messages that match your criteria. Click the Select button--the one with the box icon immediately to the left of the Refresh button. This will select all visible messages or discussions, but probably not all that match your search criteria. So follow that by clicking the <em style="line-height:1.45em">Select all conversations that match this search</em> link.</p> <em style="line-height:1.45em"><img alt="" border="0" height="102" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0715-select-all-100042904-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="581"></em><em style="line-height:1.45em"></em><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> If you want to delete the messages, click the trash can icon. If you wish to archive them to a different location.</p></span>

How to delete or move a lot of Gmail messages

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The myth of driver backups

<div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/windows" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/windows-drivers-image-100047713-medium.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="300"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> I'm an expert at learning things the hard way.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">For example, my two-year-old Acer PC had reached the point where it desperately needed a hard drive reformat/Windows reinstall. (For background, read <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/255907/how_to_decide_when_its_time_to_reformat_and_reinstall_windows.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">"How to decide when it's time to reformat and reinstall Windows."</a>)</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Having been through this process many times before, I backed up all my data, made a list of the programs I'd need to reinstall, located my Windows DVD, and, because I'm a smart cookie, made a backup of all my drivers.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">This last is really important, because once you wipe your hard drive and reinstall Windows, your system may have no audio, no Ethernet, no Wi-Fi, and possibly even no USB--all potentially major problems.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Following my own advice from a couple years back, I used the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/235051/Drivers.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">free Semper Driver Backup utility</a> to copy every installed driver to the same external drive that contained all my backed up data. I checked the folder and, sure enough, saw a lengthy batch of driver-looking files. Now I was good to go.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Or so I thought. Once I'd finished reloading Windows, I checked Device Manager and found exactly what I expected: little yellow flags next to a half-dozen drivers. No problem; for each one I clicked <em style>Update Driver</em>, navigated to my external drive, and let Windows do its thing.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Except it didn't work. Windows balked at nearly every driver I'd backed up, saying they "weren't digitally signed" or simply weren't compatible with the device in question. D'oh!</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">And because the problem drivers included Ethernet and Wi-Fi, I couldn't go online to get the correct ones.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Thankfully, Acer makes it fairly easy to find model-specific drivers via its support site, so I was able to use another PC to download what I needed. For the record, most of these drivers had their own installers, so it's possible Windows needed more than just the "raw drivers" for the various hardware elements.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Interestingly, I had one moment of serious concern when the machine wouldn't even read my external hard drive, meaning there was no way to access any drivers. Turns out I'd plugged into the sole USB 3.0 port, which itself required a driver that wasn't present. But the USB 2.0 ports worked just fine with Windows' stock drivers.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The moral of the story: When you're prepping for a reformat, head to the system maker's site and download all the drivers for your machine, because a driver backup may not provide everything you need.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">And this is definitely one point in favor of Windows 8, which has<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/251527/windows_8_refresh_feature_makes_it_easy_to_start_with_a_clean_slate.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"> that awesome refresh feature</a>. In theory, a lot of these shenanigans will be a thing of the past.</p> </span>

The myth of driver backups

I'm an expert at learning things the hard way. For example, my two-year-old Acer PC had reached the point where it desperately neede...

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