When you turn on your PC, it goes through a set of startup procedures in its BIOS before it gets to the Operating System. So, if you speed up those initial startup procedures, you’ll make your system start faster.

You can speed up your startup procedures by changing the BIOS with the built-in setup utility. How you run this utility varies from PC to PC, but you typically get to it by pressing the Delete, F1, or F10 keys during startup (during POST, the screen will tell you which key to press to enter).

In your BIOS you’ll come to a menu with a variety of choices. Here are the choices to make for faster system startups:

Quick Power On Self Test (POST)
When you choose this option, your system runs an abbreviated POST rather than the normal, lengthy one.

Boot Up Floppy Seek
Disable this option. When it’s enabled, your system spends a few extra seconds looking for your floppy drive—a relatively pointless procedure, especially considering how infrequently you use your floppy drive.

Boot Delay
Some systems let you delay booting after you turn on your PC so that your hard drive gets a chance to start spinning before bootup. Most likely, you don’t need to have this boot delay, so turn it off. If you run into problems, however, you can turn it back on.

Enjoy ...

hi there. it's a silly question but what is BIOS? i'm a newbie!

Often, you can find the answers to your questions easily and quickly by using Google:
what is bios - Google Search

Also in the future consider making a new thread for questions, this helps keep things separate and makes it easier for people to find the answer they are looking for!

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thanks ash. i appreciate it. will do that in the future!

umm... just to play devils advocate, isn't there a chance that could damage your computer? i would think they would have those things there for a reason....

but it could be safe! just wonderin

No. It's safe.

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nice... ill have to try it out then!

Nice, but DELL appears to have enabled all these features already on my computer, so I can't speed anything up, just slow it down....I disable the quick post thing, and it takes about 10 minutes for post...lol

mmm...sounds great! i will try it!

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I'm going to try this out now.

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I will try this.

Good tom.... but can you post other threads
I had see this thread on other source since 2 years ago...
How did you suck post this threads?
Try send other threads . don't only be a duplicator....

He is not a member of this forum anymore. He also earned us a DMCA notice with his copying.

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Seems interesting, ill have to try it out... Anyone had any success?

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It's generally safe to modify these settings as described, since it only skips the startup time on it. Most BIOSes that come from most computer manufacturers (Dell, Gateway, HP, etc...) have restricted their BIOS settings well enough so most users couldn't damage anything.

Other motherboard manufacturers offer advanced features such as adjusting the clock speed, multiplier, and RAM settings. It is wise to be change these settings cautiously, and be familiar with how to reset back to defaults. Often overclocking requires these settings to be changed, but will likely void the warranty of the associated hardware.