These hidden Windows settings cut my boot time in half — and they're already on your PC

Restart your PC and tap the key shown on screen (often F2, Delete, or Esc) to enter the BIOS. Once there, look for a menu ...
PC World

This M.2 card adds classic beep-boop boot-up sound to your PC

Computers used to be a lot noisier than they are today. And I don’t just mean the whir of spinning hard disks and the rattle of fans—they used to boop and beep every time you turned them on. If you ...
Ars Technica

Windows 10 starts fine from cold boot, but not a warm boot.

I'm having a curious issue with an Asus desktop computer. A cold boot will always boot up perfectly fine. But a restart will usually (but not always) leave me in a boot loop of Windows briefly ...
MUO on MSN

I significantly cut my PC’s boot time and it wasn’t from disabling startup apps

A Windows PC can spend anywhere from 10 to 20 seconds just booting up, and that’s assuming everything is working perfectly. While disabling unwanted startup apps can certainly reduce boot time and ...
PC Magazine

6 Simple Tricks I've Learned That Make My Windows PC Boot Faster

Does Windows take a long time to start up? Don't wait forever! I've learned six tips that will speed up your computer's boot process. Computers have come a long way since the beige boxes of old, but ...