How you would access the BIOS utility varies from computer to computer especially along motherboard brand names, but the most common keystrokes are Delete (Del), F1, or F10 - The keyboard key MUST be pressed at the first sign of life on your screen after pushing the power button on the computer.
Once in the BIOS utility you will see a menu with a variety of
choices. Here are the choices/options that you can tweak to ensure for a faster system start-up (they tend to be in the Advanced BIOS section):
- Quick Power On Self Test (POST) - The POST check for the presence of the essential components such as RAM, a video card, basic input device etc., enabling this option will make your system runs a shortened POST rather than the normal, lengthy one.
- Change Your Boot Device Order/Priority - If you change the boot order so that your BIOS checks the hard drive first rather than the CD/DVD or USB drive it will speed up your start-up time.
- Disable the Floppy Drive - Who uses these nowadays? When it is enabled your system spends a few extra seconds looking for and checking the floppy drive - a pointless task if you ask me considering the fact that you most like do not use your floppy drive IF you still have one.
- Disable Boot Delay - Some computer systems allow you to delay booting for a few seconds after you turn on your system to allow the hard drive a chance to start spinning. Based on the speed and efficiency of modern hard drives, you most likely do not need to have this boot delay option enabled if the option is present. WARNING - If you run into problems after disabling the option please be sure to re-enable it.
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