BOOT OPTIMIZATION

Configuring the boot order is one way to speed up your computer’s startup. The BIOS manages the order of system boot items, such as floppy, CD/DVD optical drive, flash drive and hard drive. Rarely, you might need to boot from an optical disk or a USB drive. During startup, BIOS checks whether there are any bootable CDs or floppies inserted. When it doesn't detect any of these devices, it moves on to the hard drive. Since you use the hard drive to boot your OS every time you turn your computer on and almost never use bootable CDs or other drives, it only makes sense to give your hard drive first priority. This will save you a few seconds during computer startup.

Steps to follow:

1. Enter BIOS by pressing the correct key (usually esc or delete or any other function keys) for your system during startup
2. Find the “Boot” entry and navigate to the submenu
3. Find an entry that says "Boot Sequence" or "Boot Priority Order" or "Boot Device Priority". Press Enter if required.
4. Then find your hard drive on the list. If it's first on the list, then you don't need to change anything. If it's not, then you'll need to make it first by moving it up the list. Just follow the on-screen instructions.
5. When you're done, press F10 to save the changes and exit.
6. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.

Floppy disks are obsolete nowadays. If your computer has a Floppy Drive and you no longer use it, disabling it will further speed up the computer startup. To disable the Floppy Drive, you'll need to select Floppy Drive A within BIOS and set it to Disabled.

 After you’ve saved the changes, your computer won't look for floppy drives anymore. You can do the same for your CD drive and re-enable it or move it to the top later on in case you need to boot from a disc.