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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Use the following fixes for the Please enter setup to recover BIOS setting error on a Windows computer. According to the error message, press the F1 key to enter your ...

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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 ...

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Most modern computers use SATA hard drives because they transfer data considerably faster and are more versatile than older IDE drives. However, many modern motherboards still support IDE ribbon ...

If you're reading this, chances are high that you got here via a Google search because someone told you to "update the BIOS" on your PC, and you're wondering what the heck that means. Don't worry; ...

When you start up your computer, the BIOS scans the memory and checks the video adapter before searching the hard drives for a bootable operating system. If you have a misconfigured hard drive or one ...