I haven't upgraded since 2007 or so. After doing my usual ton of research, I have a questions about the availability of a separate Boot Menu outside the BIOS allowing changing boot order with entering ...

On many Linux systems the boot process sees the usual BIOS screen, followed by Grub. The Grand Unified Bootloader (Grub) takes over from our BIOS and offers the user a choice of OS options and kernel ...

In the first article of this series, I explained the fundamentals behind the Libreboot free software BIOS project and why you might want to replace your BIOS with it. I followed up by describing how ...

AMI BIOS uses the F8 key to invoke a boot drive menu. Pressing it during POST shows a list of available drives in order to select the boot device, whether the hard drive(s), CD, floppy, etc. Very ...

On Microsoft's MSDN blog, the company has revealed in great detail some of the changes we can expect to see to boot options inherent in Windows 8. Most notably, gone are the days of tapping F8 ...

This article discusses Hardware Interrupts in Windows and how to show the boot menu in Windows. A video at the MSDN blog shows Windows booting real fast – under seven seconds. The computer used was an ...

Do you use multiple partitions on your Mac? Maybe you use Apple’s Boot Camp tool to boot your Mac into Windows occasionally, or maybe you’ve got a Mac Pro loaded with four drives partitioned into 16 ...

Windows: Windows 8 has a new boot loader with a graphic interface and options like troubleshooting problems. It's harder now, though, to quickly get to advanced options or load a different OS (e.g., ...

The Advanced startup options menu allows you to specify various options for how you would like Windows 8 to start or to provide access to repair and diagnostic tools in the event that Windows is ...