External hard disks have become a very convenient way to not only expand the storage capabilities of a system, but also expand options for booting, cloning, and performing various diagnostics. As a ...

Dual booting Linux and Windows is one of the rare setups where you don’t have to compromise—you get the best of both worlds.

First off, a little context. I'm a 30+ year Mac user and I just bought my first PC in decades. I'm no stranger to Windows and Linux, but haven't used them as a desktop OS for about 15 years. My ...

If your Dell PC is stuck on the pre-boot system performance check, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. The pre-boot system performance check is a feature of Dell SupportAssist, integrated ...

To load a program into memory, you mustfirst load a program into memory. The bootupprocess, often a complex multistep sequenceinvolving numerous substeps, solvesthis problem. Any boot-up process, ...

While there are some amazing lightweight apps that you can use on Linux, they do nothing for slow startup times. Instead, the real slowdown often comes from a few odd processes that quietly run in the ...

Back in the old days of 2010, I used to walk into my home office in the morning, hit the power button on my production system, and then head back upstairs to have breakfast. By the time I returned to ...

Some users have complained about this problem that when they start their computer, it doesn’t boot. Instead, a Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed blue ...

UEFI firmware flaws in certain ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI motherboards allow early-boot DMA attacks before OS security ...

Upon booting up, Windows may offer you multiple operating systems from which to choose. This may occur because you previously used multiple operating systems or because of a mistake during an ...