Find out what type of BIOS version you have in order to access it. If you already know how to access your BIOS. Skip to Step 7. Select Run from the start menu and type "msinfo32" into open field. Del or F1 or F2. If unable to find BIOS company try using one of the below keys:. After writing down the key needed to be pressed, restart the computer. While the screen is black begin pressing the required key the one written down repeatedly.
The BIOS setup utility should appear as the computer turns on. What is the benefit of changing the boot order of your system devices?
If you modify the order of the boot devices so that the hard disk with Windows installed will be searched first by the BIOS, the system does not have to waste time checking other devices for boot records. Just by changing the order of the devices, you can shave anywhere from one to several seconds off your boot time, depending on the speed of your hardware and number of drives your system has installed.
The result is a faster startup with minimal negative consequences that I'll address later. To change the boot order or sequence, as some call it , you have to enter the system BIOS setup screen that was mentioned previously:. What are the consequences of changing the boot order? Changing the boot order will not hurt your system in any way if you do it correctly. If by accident you remove your hard drive from the list and save the BIOS settings, you will get an unpleasant surprise when your computer reboots and tells you that it cannot find any operating system.
If you happen to get that message, don't worry; you did not just erase your operating system. I ended up taking option A and nuking it all and reinstalling :. Hey Now Scott, That disclaimer is funny. Nice post. Hanselminutes fan, Catto. Duncan Smart. Subtle Awesomeness is a pretty accurate description of Win7 so far in my experience. May 09, Why didn't you just upgrade your beta copy to RC in place?
I did this to my machine and it worked flawlessly and I have no issues. Microsoft has an unsupported page that explains how to do this. Basically, just edit the cversions. Then I got System boot drive or something not found. My work machine used McAfee SafeBoot to encrypt the drive. I think I should have decrypted it befored doing the upgrade.
At any rate, I did a new install of RC and it seemed to run very well. Only problem at this point was that I couldn't get SafeBoot to install under Win7. So back off to reinstall Vista and get my work machine back in operation before Monday. Needless to say, I wasted about 12 hours of my life again on installing Windows over a weekend. Luckily for me the Vista full PC backup to USB drive worked fine and I was able to quickly build a Vista VM and restore my image backup to it to get my critical files off to copy over to my new machine.
May 14, I just wanted to thank you, Scott. I was in the same situation and it worked like a charm! Gonzalo Quero. May 15, May 20, It looks to me like microsoft technicians did not test an installation of Windows 7 on a PC having two drives, one of them with an existing OS.
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