First boot.

anuraj · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:27

The question is in the last three lines but I advise you to read the first big paragraph (I know it's a noob question).

Imagine that I've just built a computer (which I haven't this is just for preparation) and I boot the computer for the first time ever and it posts correctly. After this I enter the BIOS and go into advanced bios features and make the first boot priority the dvd drive and the second priority the hard drive. Then I put in the windows disk and hit the reset button. Windows will start to install.

After windows is installed and all the hardware updates are done should I go back into the bios and change the first boot priority to the hard drive and the second to the dvd drive?

stulid · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:29

close, make the harddrive the first, but disable all the others, makes booting up a tiny bit quicker.

Lemin · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:30

Yes change it back to the hard drive and the second to the dvd drive.
or none.

anuraj · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:31

Is this necessary.

stulid · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:32

anuraj said:
Is this necessary.

which bit? the boot order? or disabling other devices?

anuraj · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:34

The boot order.

stulid · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:38

anuraj said:
The boot order.

it speeds up the time it takes the pc to get to windows, always a bonus, if theres any disk in the drive, the bios will spin it up to see if its bootable(even a music cd)

anuraj · 26 Sep 2010 at 15:42

1Day · 26 Sep 2010 at 16:09

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anuraj · 26 Sep 2010 at 16:24

1Day Stulid has already explained this.