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Dell Fast Boot is a feature that minimizes the startup time of your system. It does this by bypassing certain POST (Power-On Self-Test) checks during boot. Depending on your Dell system model, you can configure it through the BIOS/UEFI firmware interface. In this article, we shall discuss “Fast Boot Options: Fix specific Drive issue with…
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If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of your computer or encountered terms like UEFI and BIOS when fiddling with your PC settings, you’re not alone. UEFI and BIOS are both essential components of your computer’s startup process, but they serve distinct roles. In this article, we’ll break down “UEFI vs BIOS: Get to…
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While setting up your Windows 2016 Server on Hyper-V you may have selected Generation 2 simply because you need features like Secure Boot, SCSI boot, TPM, and PXE boot but this selection can also lead to another issue of boot failure. In this guide, I will show you how to quickly fix the “Fix UEFI…
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In this article, you will learn how to Clear TPM: How to enable or disable TPM in Windows. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that is designed to carry out cryptographic operations. The chip includes multiple physical security mechanisms to make it…
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In this guide, we will discuss Full Disk Encryption with PBA or without PBA, UEFI, Secure Boot, BIOS, File and Directory Encryption and Container Encryption. Please see What are the Differences between UEFI and BIOS, How to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11, and How to perform DriveLock quick setup. Data is…
A Hyper-V Generation 2 VM is similar to a workstation running a UEFI workstation and as such cannot communicate with legacy PXE, but with UEFI boot images. See the following guide on how to set up a Generation 2 VM via PXE boot, how to set up a Generation 1VM via PXE boot, and how to set up…
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A preboot execution environment (commonly known as PXE) is used to boot a device or virtual machine over a network. You can use PXE to achieve the following scenarios and this is used to remotely install a guest operating system over a network without needing the operating system installation media. In this article, I will show you…
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Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pen drives, memory sticks, etc. It can be used for creating USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI). In this guide, I will show you how to create a bootable USB using Rufus on Windows. Please see…
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