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Old 08-11-2006, 06:28 AM   #1
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Speed up Boot

Most modern system BIOS's have a plethora of options which can be manipulated to improve your PC's boot speed.

Here are a few options which may help your computer boot faster:

Boot Device Order

Set your hard drive to be the first boot device. If your PC tries to boot from DVD, CD, or floppy before trying to boot from the hard disk, booting will take longer.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will reduce the number of hardware diagnostics which the system runs each time it boots. These diagnostics are fairly simplistic and can be disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

This tests your floppy drive on system boot. This can be disabled with no negative consequences.
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Old 08-11-2006, 11:22 PM   #2
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Thanx for the info ... !
I knew the first one but the other two points are new to me .
Nice info
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Old 08-13-2006, 11:25 PM   #3
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Ive always wondered about disabling the POST
It cant cause any harm can it? It does seem to slow things down..
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