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 ...

The Windows 11 POST (Power On Self-Test) process happens quickly for improved startup times, leaving little room to hit the designated setup key and access the BIOS menu. For that reason, booting to ...

If your Windows PC keeps booting into BIOS, the solutions provided in this article will help you. This issue prevents you from using your computer because every time you turn on your computer, you ...

Just before we start, you should know that this post is not about switching firmware modes. If you are planning to move from legacy BIOS to UEFI, you will have to use MBR2GPT Tool. So if you are in a ...

Memo to manufacturers: Improve the security of the BIOS ROM chip flashware running on PCs and servers. That's the gist of a recently released draft report from the National Institute of Standards and ...

A tiny BIOS chip lurks inside every computer, sitting on your motherboard to breathe life into your system when you press the power button. It not only powers your PC, but helps protect it, too—as ...

BIOS is an abbreviation of 'Basic Input / Output System' and is the firmware stored in the ROM on the motherboard of the PC. When you boot your PC, the BIOS program written to the ROM boots, ...

Well, there's good news for people who want to give Linux Mint a try but don't want to troubleshoot things into the early ...

Malware continues to take advantage of a legacy component of modern systems designed in the 1980s. Despite the cyber threat landscape continuing to evolve at an ever-increasing pace, the exploitation ...

A computer's Basic Input Output System and Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor together handle a rudimentary and essential process: they set up the computer and boot the operating system. The BIOS ...