Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

If you want to reset Windows 11/10 using Advanced Startup Options when the PC won’t boot, this guide will help to do that. There are multiple ways to access the Advanced Startup Options, but most of ...

This article describes how to enable Secure Boot to install Windows 11. How Do I Enable Secure Boot? The easiest way to enable Secure Boot is to do so through UEFI. It's typically listed as one of the ...

Safe Mode is a lightweight version of the Windows operating system that you can use to troubleshoot the computer when the operating system fails to boot. However, if Safe Mode doesn't work, you must ...

Microsoft has made Windows 11 available for all users. Windows 10 users can upgrade their computers to Windows 11 for free, provided their computers meet the hardware requirements. One of these ...

If you have a bootable USB drive, you can boot your Windows 10 computer from the USB drive. The easiest way to boot from USB is to open the Advanced Startup Options by holding the Shift key when you ...

For some time now I have gotten a slow but steady volume of requests that I write about UEFI firmware and EFI boot relative to installing and maintaining Linux. As a result of a casual comment I made ...

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 ...

During the process of replacing an internal hard drive I somehow managed to mess up my desktop PC, resulting in a situation where it will no longer boot up properly or load Windows from the SSD boot ...

Ever since Boot Camp was unveiled last spring, schools and businesses have looked to it as a solution for deploying dual-boot solutions to replace two computers (a Mac and a PC) with one (a dual-boot ...

TucsonTJ asked the Answer Line Forum for a fast, slimmed-down alternative way to boot Windows. The trick is to set up Windows with two logons, as you would if the computer was being used by two people ...

While this ability to install use multiple operating systems on Macs is convenient, in some instances problems with a non-Mac OS X system installation can prevent users from being able to boot back ...