With an old laptop, I cloned the OS HD to an SSD with Macrium Reflect, both harddrives are mounted inside the laptop. When I enter the BIOS, I wanted to select the SSD as the first boot choice. But it ...

I have a Dual P3-993 server, that I'd like to use to replace my current home server (dual P3-600e). It's an IBM Netfinity 3500 M20. Net cost so far $0.00.<BR><BR>I currently use a Promise tx4310 to ...

Windows computers that support advanced startup options in the BIOS can be set to start automatically on a schedule. Mac computers running Mac OS X Mountain Lion can also be set to start up ...

Solid-state drives (SSD) are a faster upgrade to the traditional hard disk drives (HDD). SSDs beat HDDs, not only in speed but also in performance and durability. This post isn’t about how great SSDs ...

Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

If there’s a universal truth among computer users, it’s that all of them want their PC to start up faster. Nobody in the history of computing ever said, “Wow, I love this 2-minute wait between ...

Is your PC not booting after updating BIOS? Some users have reported that they can’t boot their computers right after installing a BIOS update. While the issue is likely to occur due to a failed BIOS ...

Legacy BIOS (basic input/output systems) held sway for 30 years before OEMs and consumers began to question the efficacy and cost of these systems. Essentially, the major BIOS vendors, such as ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...