how much faster wil my boot be if I set ssd as top priority in bios

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omrizod

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I will soon be building a new computer, and I'm finally getting an SSD. Now, in a video of NCIX, Linus says that if you set your boot drive as top priority in the bios, the computer will boot up faster. The question is, how faster? 5 seconds? Because I'm planning on setting it to 1CD 2USB 3SSD. Also, how long does it take to override the settings in case my windows has gone to shit? Do I just need to change the boot priority again, and insert the CD?
 
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If your computer starts up with a CD/DVD in it, and also a USB stick in it, it can cause a major boot delay. Because it will be searching for an OS to boot from from the CD, and then the USB. So yes, changing the boot order can increase boot speed because your computer will skip searching through these drives and boot directly from the harddrive or SSD. If the drives are empty though the delay will not be noticeable, maybe a few seconds at most.

If you need to boot from another media most computers have a special key you can press when seeing the boot screen, which will allow you to boot from another media. This is usually also available in the BIOS.
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Why don't you set it to 1SSD, 2USB, 3CD/DVD. If you load Windows 10, bios will run in "fast boot" which ignores that and other settings to get you to windows ASAP. Yes if windows quits working you may need to boot from a USB or DVD.
 
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If your computer starts up with a CD/DVD in it, and also a USB stick in it, it can cause a major boot delay. Because it will be searching for an OS to boot from from the CD, and then the USB. So yes, changing the boot order can increase boot speed because your computer will skip searching through these drives and boot directly from the harddrive or SSD. If the drives are empty though the delay will not be noticeable, maybe a few seconds at most.

If you need to boot from another media most computers have a special key you can press when seeing the boot screen, which will allow you to boot from another media. This is usually also available in the BIOS.
 
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When you boot the computer up for the first few times its optimal to have the cd/dvd and usb before the SSD/HDD because you want to boot to the dvd or usb stick to install windows.

Once windows is installed, how often do you boot to a dvd or usb? I would set the drive with the OS as the first priority and leave it at that. If then you need to boot to something else for some reason its just a few min to change in the bios, or hit F8 during boot up and you can select what to boot from.
 
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