When you delete a file, all you’ve really done is tell the computer that it can reuse the clusters assigned to that file for something new.

Color-Coded Computer File Names. Windows Explorer allows you to browse the files and folders stored on your Windows computer or attached media. By default, Windows Explorer displays the names of ...

Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20 7/12/2017 | 11m 42sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.

If you can't open a file on your computer, don't give up right away. These tricks will give you a fighting chance of accessing or recovering its contents.

Researchers in New York found a way to use DNA like a computer hard drive, successfully storing, replicating and retrieving digital files from DNA strands.

Restore backup copies of personal files if necessary after you've determined that returning the computer files to a previous date solved the problem.

If you're not backing up your computer files on a daily basis, now may be the time. The National Consumer's League is warning about a pernicious and growing malware scam that infects users ...

But most computer users are unaware that merely deleting a file doesn't erase it. So investigators depend in large part on the carelessness of users as well as the complexity of their machines.

Picture this: You fire up your computer, only to discover that all your files have disappeared -- and a stranger is holding them hostage until you fork over some dough. It's the latest threat to ...