Productivity and technology blog CodeJacked explains how you can shave 30 seconds off your PC’s boot time by doing a warm boot.
“A modern PC with Vista Home Edition takes about one and a half minutes to boot. An older machine with XP is about the same. That’s 30 seconds for the PC itself (the BIOS) to boot up, plus a minute for the Windows operating system to boot. Sometimes, you need to reboot Windows (e.g. when installing new software), but there is no need to restart BIOS, too.”
Basically, booting up your PC is a two-part process. First the hardware boots up, then the software. If you need to reboot after installing some new software, you only need to reboot the software. As CodeJacked explains, this is done by holding down the shift key while instructing Windows to reboot. This tip works in both Windows XP and Vista. Read the CodeJacked article for further instructions on exactly how to perform a warm boot on your PC.
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