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 ...

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 ...

Booting up your PC using USB drives is useful. It allows you to reinstall your Windows, deal with easy system restores, and more. But what if bootable USB is not detected in Windows 11/10? This can be ...

We all need to start from scratch sometimes and if you're building a new PC, chances are you'll need to learn how to make a bootable USB drive. This will enable you to boot your PC directly from a USB ...

Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second ...

Boot failure is a common issue that prevents proper PC startup. It can result from hardware malfunctions, corrupted system files, or boot configuration issues in Windows 11. A lot of users are unable ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

Rohkai asked the Answer Line forum if a PC’s BIOS, like an operating system or an antivirus, should be kept up to date. You should update several programs on your hard drive regularly, usually for ...

Like the old-fangled BIOS (which is slowly being phased out with the help of EFI), the DOS operating system is a piece of computing history that refuses to be only history. While most folks will never ...