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Booting device selection is common task for any BIOS software, where it must decide which device is used for first booting and if not available then it will search for another device. This device searching takes time and slow startup for system. But if you select booting option properly in settings you can get rid of such searching and minimize operating system loading time. Depending on motherboard of system there are many options for booting operating system from device. These options are define in BIOS setting. Most common booting options (regardless software of BIOS) are like:- - From Floppy Disk (too much Old), For DOS OS - From ZIP Drive also obsolete like Floppy Disk - From CD/DVD - From Pen Drive/Portable HDD with USB support - From Tape  - From LAN - From local HDD Most of the case, we use local HDD for booting where OS (windows/Linux) is/are installed. But BIOS Default Setup for most of manufacturer, HDD is not first boot device. First boot device is set to ...

PC constantly restarts is major problem, when something is going wrong with system hardware or operating system. Most of user had faced this bitter problem at least one time in their previous computer or laptop using experience. Few days ago I was faced same type of problem with my PC. My PC was restarting without showing any display and no keyboard power. My operating system was Windows XP, 2GB RAM, Intel Dual Core Processor. First time I was worried, but I know I have the ability to solve this problem and finally I solved the problem. Below I show you how can I solved restart problem. Steps: 1. First I checked if any short circuit in my Power or Reset Button cable in motherboard. I found no short circuit. It can simply test by tester by checking positive and ground pin of each cable connector. 2. Then I open the casing, and try to check my processor fan. I saw, processor fan also restarting with system that means cooling system of processor was OK. Then I switch off ...

Bad Sector in Hard drive is common problem and it will cause hard drive crash in future. Bad sector happen when there is physical damage to a part of the hard drive. Auxiliary sectors technique is used in modern hard drive. When the Hard disk controller senses a bad sector in the hard drive, it rearranges that sector to another physical sector on the drive. But bad sector will increase day by day and in long run it may crush. Hard Drive Bad Sector Map Bad sector wouldn't repair by High level Formatting with “Format” Command in Command prompt. Formatting in low level is an additional option but in low level formatting programs and tools to identify bad sectors and cleaning the disk may not proper functioning in such situation. So, Bad sector recovery involve with both logically and physical recovery. Logical recovery can be solved by some software or operating system internal utility. But physical recovery is difficult and success rate is not satisfactory. So when it occurs...

There are many software to speed up your computer, But I will give you some trick to speed up your PC very easily. You may know common issues which can effect on speed of your computer from this post. Steps to speed up your PC : 1. Install spyware and antivirus to get rid of spyware and antivirus from your computer.You can get many free spyware and antivirus from internet. But before install, be sure about the software because some of them slow your PC speed. Run full check of your system area and HDD. 2. Enable your firewall, if you have built in firewall with your antivirus or internet security software then your windows firewall will be disable, but you must ensure your firewall is enable to protect your computer. You can change your firewall from the link: http://latestitsupport.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-turn-off-or-turn-on-windows.html 3. Free up your disk space to speed up your computer. Disk Clean up is an important tool to free disk space of Windows OS. You can easily cle...

USB (Universal System Bus) port becomes popular for it’s high data transfer rate than traditional serial and parallel port. Most of the external devices are connected with system by USB port like Pen drive, portable hard drive, printer, mouse, keyboard etc. But in some cases we need to disable USB port due to system security and virus thread from pen drive or portable media. There is several ways to disable and enable USB port in system; here I explain three easy and useful way to disable or enable  USB or USB storage in windows OS. Option 1: Enable or Disable USB ports or USB storage from Windows Registry:- •   Go to START menu ->click on RUN->Type regedit • Registry Editor Window will appear. Now Backup your current registry configuration from http://latestitsupport.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-backup-and-restore-windows.html • Now in Left Pane expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR •    In right pane double click on...

USB keyboard and optical mouse problem is common for any computer user. This problem arises due to non brand product or tainted product or faulty system board. In case of this problem, we can easily check which devices or port is faulty by following steps described below:- 1. Restart the PC for reboot. 2. Enter BIOS setting by pressing “DEL” or “F2” as per your motherboard vendor instruction, check BIOS mouse and keyboard setup, If you found USB keyboard and Mouse support is disable, then Enable it first. 3. Now check your USB optical Mouse laser to ensure power is passing through Mouse cable and it is OK. Afterward check the condition of light, does it emit light? If, there is no light emit, then your Mouse is Faulty. 4. Check Keyboard Power by pressing Caps Lock/Num Lock. If LED related to those button are Green or Amber (depend on vendor settings), then we can confirm that our keyboard have no power problem. 5. After checking above steps, you must restart your P...

Computer beeping problem is not an ordinary problem. This problem indicates something is wrong with system hardware. It may happen for two specific reasons. First one, if any of your RAM or AGP or PCI slot is loosely connected with your devices. Second reason occurs if your hardware is not working or becomes faulty. So, when you hear beep sound from your PC after push the switch on button and you won’t see any display. No need to worry because here I will give you solution in this specific problem which may relief you. On basis of beep length and number, you can easily detect which device is faulty: - If one Beep or short beep (length) produces then problem is in your AGP card or any PCI devices connect with motherboard. - If more than one Beep or long beep generates then problem is in Random Access Memory (RAM). - If continuously beeping, then problem is in processor. Solutions: - Power off your computer first then remove the AGP card, clean it by duster to make sure dust ...

Blue screen problem is most common problem which occurs in different stage of computer start-up. It may happen:- 1.    In time of start-up of PC 2.    In time of booting after windows logo appearance 3.    In time of running any application in computer Here I discuss with the blue screen problem which occurs after windows logo appear. This problem occurs if your hard disk is corrupted or there are bad sectors in your hard drive or your SATA hard drive Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is conflict with current settings. You should try with following steps: 1. If you system using SATA Hard drive with AHCI functionality then check your BIOS SATA Option and “Disable” it if you are using old hardware because it is not compatible with old hardware and arise conflict. If your hardware is updated and AHCI driver is installed then you can “Enable” it to get better performance. So ensure proper settings for your system because it is ...

Windows operating system has by default system error recovery mechanism. If any critical error occurs in system due to hardware or software fault, then windows try to recover system from this stage. If fail to recover, then system will automatically restarts and creates a logfile for this error. After restart system will show a message regarding critical system recovery with error code for further assistance from vendor site and location of logfile. You can view the logfile from there. But, if you do not want to restart your system for this reason and continue your current job, then you have to stop system feature manually because windows recommended system configuration enable automatic restart after any serious error and by default it required due to unstable state of system during the occurrence. After reading above statements, still if you want to stop restart, you have to follow below steps:- Steps:- 1. First go to Control Panel by clicking on windows Start button->then cl...

Display nothing or black monitor after few seconds of power on is common problem with CRT or LCD or LED connected with your computer. In this case no message or nothing shows in monitor so we can not know what the actual problem is. But after reading the post carefully we can easily understand causes of dark monitor after power on. There are some specific reasons for that problem. Most of the cases, problem arises due to:- - AGP card problem - Graphics diver problem - Monitor cable problem - Problematic power board inside monitor - Unsupported resolution problem Now I give you tips how to check what is happen for your monitor:- 1. First check monitor light is blinking or not after power up into monitor. If no light blinking or stable then problem is with your monitor power board. Solution: The power supply board inside your LCD monitor has 4 to 7 bad capacitors depends on Monitor Brand. In most cases, you will find faulty capacitors on your power supply (i...