Every time you turn on your PC, it re-trains your RAM and adds to your boot time — here’s how to stop it.

The Raspberry Pi development team has introduced a new boot menu feature that allows users to select their preferred boot device, similar to the functionality found in PCs. This enhancement provides ...

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 ...

In the first article of this series, I explained the fundamentals behind the Libreboot free software BIOS project and why you might want to replace your BIOS with it. I followed up by describing how ...

If you bought a pre-built desktop PC, it’s a safe bet that the manufacturer optimized the basic input/output system (BIOS) settings for the hardware in the box—though it never hurts to check them out ...

This article discusses Hardware Interrupts in Windows and how to show the boot menu in Windows. A video at the MSDN blog shows Windows booting real fast – under seven seconds. The computer used was an ...

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 ...