N.B.: Some laptops allow you to set the boot devices using a Windows application. Toshiba, for example, does this with some of their laptops. The application is either a standalone application or an ...

Every Windows PC usually starts from the built-in hard drive, as the term “Windows PC” implies. This is because the Microsoft operating system is not anchored in or with the hardware, but is installed ...

This solution requires you to open the computer and disconnect and reconnect the hardware inside. Proceed only if you know what you are doing or take the computer to a hardware technician to perform ...

This was my thought process until a few weeks ago, when I was messing around in my BIOS and had to clear the CMOS. After ...

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 ...

BIOS settings have been a source of uncertainty for many people in the PC space. The BIOS plays a key role in the functioning of the overall system, and it can severely limit your hardware and ...

I've made a couple of flash drives On a couple different sticks with a couple different computers. With different boot drive making programs and different disk images. and tried to boot from USB On ...

No one who assembles a PC or sets up a new computer can avoid the BIOS or UEFI. That’s where you define the basics, from the boot sequence and memory profiles to security features like Secure Boot.