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Windows 7: Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds
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01 Oct 2010
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Win7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Windows 8 Pro / Android Mauritius |
Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds
Quote: The upgrade will spell the end for the 25-year-old PC start-up software known as Bios that initializes a machine so its operating system can get going.
The code was not intended to live nearly this long, and adapting it to modern PCs is one reason they take as long as they do to warm up.
Bios' replacement, known as UEFI, will predominate in new PCs by 2011.
The acronym stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface and is designed to be more flexible than its venerable predecessor. BBC News - Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Win7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Windows 8 Pro / Android
CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz
Motherboard Asus Rampage formula LGA775
Memory 8GB DDR2 900Mhz
Graphics Card Zotac GTX 460OC 2GB GDDR5/Asus EN9600GT 1GB DDR3 PhyX
Sound Card Supreme FX2
Monitor(s) Displays AOC 22'
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Prolink keyboard
Mouse Prolink optical mouse
PSU Cooler Master GX 650W
Cooling Cooler Master V6 + 3X fans
Hard Drives 3X500GB hitachi, 2TB internal, 500GB Seagate FreeAgent, 640GB Samsung
Internet Speed 1MiB/s
Other Info 5.1 System + 2.1 System
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01 Oct 2010
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Windows 8 Release Preview Belgrade, Serbia |
Amazing!
Thanks for the read, it sounds awesome to me  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Windows 8 Release Preview
CPU Intel Core2Duo E7500
Motherboard Gigabyte EP43-UD3L
Memory Kingston 4GB DDR2 (2x2GB)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800GT
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays ASUS VH222D WIDE HD 1080P
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Wireless Combo MK260
Mouse Logitech Wireless Combo MK260
PSU 500W
Case Custom Midi Tower
Hard Drives Western Digital WD3200KS. SATA
Internet Speed DSL 1.5M
Other Info Speakers: Labtec Pulse 285 S-0158B
Webcam: Logitech Webcam C100
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01 Oct 2010
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Sounds like a great improvent. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number 24c Built
OS Win7 x64 Ult
CPU Intel i7-950
Motherboard ASUS PT6
Memory 12 GB DDR3
Graphics Card NVIDIA 9800GT+
Sound Card none
Monitor(s) Displays 2 Samsung SyncMaster 2343bwx
Screen Resolution 2048X1152
Keyboard Logitech cordless
Mouse Logitech cordless
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower XT W0229RU 750W
Case Antec 900
Cooling case fans
Hard Drives 1st-4 OCZ Vertex Turbos 32GB RAID 0
2nd-2 WD 640GB RAID 1
Internet Speed up to 15 MB/s
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01 Oct 2010
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Unless I'm sorely misinformed, EFI is a HDD partition. In my experience with MACs, which have been using EFI and the GUID partition table for years, UEFI makes it much more difficult to replace a HDD, as the EFI image for the target system has to written the the HDD prior to installation. When the EFI partition is lost or corrupted, the entire system is rendered unusable. In other words once this happens, people who only have one computer will be no longer be able to reinstall an operating system on their own if they don't have a cloned HDD, in the case of total HDD failure. On the other hand, it does make for a more efficient boot time, and a much more visually appealing BIOS menu. | | My System Specs | | |
01 Oct 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 Sydney, Nova Scotia |
"Short" and sweet, sounds like its "long" overdue.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe
Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel
Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2
Keyboard Logitech Internet 600
Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel
PSU Retail Plus 465 Watt
Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling Stock heatsink and fan
Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive
Internet Speed 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 10
Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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01 Oct 2010
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Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64) MILTON KEYNES |
wicked read thanks for posting  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number packard bell IXTREME M5722
OS Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 6.01.7600 SP1 (x64)
CPU Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2500 MHz
Motherboard Mainboard : Packard Bell (Acer EG43M )
Memory Physical Memory :8GB Corsair4x 2GB 800MHz C5 DDR2
Graphics Card Video Card : XFX 6700 AMD
Monitor(s) Displays Maestro 234DL - BenQ V2220 - BenQ VW2420H
Screen Resolution Current Display :1920x1080p pixels at 60 Hz in HD LED
Keyboard Gigabyte Aivia K8100
Mouse TRUST-Wireless Laser Mouse - Carbon edition MI-7770C
PSU XFX ProSeries 550W PSU
Case PACKARD BELL IXTREME
Cooling System Blower Current: 150mA Air Flow16CFM ;Akasa 90mm rear
Hard Drives Hard Disks : WDC (1000 GB)
Drive C: (Hard Disk) : 428 GB available on 491 GB
Drive D: (Hard Disk) : 426 GB available on 492 GB
SAMSUNG spinpoint HD103SJ 1000.2 GB
(X 2) KINGSTON SSD NOW V 30GB
Internet Speed TP-LINK > TL-WN951N / AV500 Gigabit Powerline Adapters
Other Info EXTRA COOLING>(FAN CONTROLLER) PC Bay Cooler 3 x 40mm fans; Akasa AK-HD-BL Blue hard drive cooler 2 x 40 mm fan 4500 rpm 29.7 dBA
Bios> American Megatrends Inc.
Version : P01-A1
Date : 08/31/2009
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01 Oct 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK |
Just saw this in my RSS Feeds but was beaten to the post here. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Zoostorm Desktop/ Asus K55A Notebook PC
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32 bit/Windows 8 64bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2400 MHz/Intel B820,1.7GHz
Motherboard Foxconn 45CMX/45GMX/45CMX-K/Asus
Memory 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)/8GB 2 x 4GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel Corp 82945G Integrated Graphics Controller/Intel
Sound Card Onboard Realtek/Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HH221 22" inches Widescreen/Asus 15.6
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080/1366 x 768
Keyboard Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)/Inbuilt
Mouse Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse/Touchpad
Hard Drives ExcelStor (250GB)/Asus
Internet Speed Just under 4MB download it's ADSL.
Antivirus MSE/MSE
Browser IE10/IE10
Other Info Epson Stylus SX415 All-in-one Printer,
Seagate Expansion 500GB External Desktop Drive
USB2 HDD Enclosure
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01 Oct 2010
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Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
Quote: Originally Posted by madtownidiot  Unless I'm sorely misinformed, EFI is a HDD partition. In my experience with MACs, which have been using EFI and the GUID partition table for years, UEFI makes it much more difficult to replace a HDD, as the EFI image for the target system has to written the the HDD prior to installation. When the EFI partition is lost or corrupted, the entire system is rendered unusable. In other words once this happens, people who only have one computer will be no longer be able to reinstall an operating system on their own if they don't have a cloned HDD, in the case of total HDD failure. On the other hand, it does make for a more efficient boot time, and a much more visually appealing BIOS menu. Sorry for my ignorance/confusion, Dan. Are you saying a system image won't work and I'd need to keep an additional cloned HDD around the house in case the original crashes? | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop
OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz
Memory 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel HD 3000
Sound Card IDT High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm
Antivirus MSE
Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup
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01 Oct 2010
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Windows 7 x64 / Same In Your Basement. |
Quote: Originally Posted by madtownidiot Unless I'm sorely misinformed, EFI is a HDD partition. In my experience with MACs, which have been using EFI and the GUID partition table for years, UEFI makes it much more difficult to replace a HDD, as the EFI image for the target system has to written the the HDD prior to installation. When the EFI partition is lost or corrupted, the entire system is rendered unusable. In other words once this happens, people who only have one computer will be no longer be able to reinstall an operating system on their own if they don't have a cloned HDD, in the case of total HDD failure. On the other hand, it does make for a more efficient boot time, and a much more visually appealing BIOS menu. If that is the case, I'll keep my BIOS.
Edit: Here is an article from 2007 about Intel going to it and Apple's adoption of it. http://apcmag.com/intel_to_make_majo...nouncement.htm | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 1520 (Laptop)/ Home (Desktop)
OS Windows 7 x64 / Same
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
Memory 4GB / 6GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB
Sound Card Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" LCD / Crappy CRT
Mouse Microsoft Presenter (Bluetooth)
PSU N/A / OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular
Case N/A / Antec 900
Cooling Air
Hard Drives Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM
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01 Oct 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by marsmimar Sorry for my ignorance/confusion, Dan. Are you saying a system image won't work and I'd need to keep an additional cloned HDD around the house in case the original crashes? You would at the very least have to clone the EFI partition & use gParted or something similar to move it to the new HDD if you needed to replace a HDD. EFI will include a partition editor for setting up the HDD for the operating system, but my experience with EFI and MACs is that if the EFI partition becomes corrupted or accidentally erased, an OS (but not OS-X) can sometimes be installed using the DVD drive, but at the very least, none of the the hardware that isn't registered in CMOS will work, nor can it be enabled simply by and downloading and installing drivers. The other problem with EFI systems is that they can't be booted from USB unless it's a USB port that's integrated with the motherboard. It could be that MACs are deliberately designed that way, as Steve Jobs once said MACs will never be bootable from USB, but I think it's likely that he said that because there is no way to make it possible. | | My System Specs | | Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:08 PM. |  |
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