How to enable Windows 7 and view basic settings and settings on Windows 7

Sooner or later, many users have to face the question of how to go into BIOS. On "Windows 7" or in any other system, this can be useful when crashing and reinstalling the operating system when the distribution is on removable media, or if some additional parameters are included. Let's consider the basic methods. This can be useful in the future.

What is BIOS: general information

Before we start to consider the question of how to include BIOS on Windows 7 and make the necessary settings, let's see what this system represents, why it is needed.

Simply put, BIOS is a small device located on the motherboard, in memory of which all the basic information about the "iron" components and settings of the devices installed in the computer system are stored.

In addition, the BIOS setup ("Windows 7" is used or any other OS) allows you to set completely different boot sequence, get information about the characteristics of hardware, enable or disable the devices themselves or their additional features, and even overclock the processor.

How to log in to BIOS on "Windows 7": the standard method

Now we turn to the main problem. How on "Windows 7" to include BIOS? Yes, it's very simple. Any motherboard manufacturer initially embeds a BIOS chip and assumes the use of special keys to enter.

For sure, many owners, for example, of stationary computer terminals, noticed that at the moment of switching on after the signal of the system dynamics signaling that the BIOS checked all the "iron" components, in the middle or bottom of the screen one can see an inscription offering to click this and that- Then, to start the BIOS.

Most often it's the Press Del to run Setup (or something else like that). Thus, the question of how to "WINDOWS 7" include BIOS, is solved by pressing the Del key. However, depending on the manufacturer, such a technique may prove ineffective.

Most often this applies to laptops. Here the situation is somewhat more complicated, because the keys used differ. However, most of the keys are F2, F12, F1, Esc, less often - F3, or combinations like Ctrl + Del + Esc (or Ins), or Fn + F1. Typically, laptops are expected to use several basic combinations, which on the initial download screen are indicated after the inscription with a suggestion to use any pressure to enter the BIOS. True, this line on the screen is displayed for a very short time, so immediately it is worth paying attention to it. In principle, if the user did not have time to see which key he needed, you can reboot and press the pause button (Pause / Break key) when the inscription appears.

How to open BIOS on "Windows 7" and see basic information

Now a few words about what most users simply do not know. The fact is that in any operating system from Microsoft there is a special section of information about the system. And the Seven is no exception. Just here you can see data not only about the hardware, the software environment or the operating system itself, but also get information about BIOS. Often this may be necessary in case of installing a more recent firmware BIOS.

Of course, you can go to that section either through the startup main menu, using administrative tools or utility utilities (it all depends on the version of Windows itself), but it's better to apply a universal solution - enter the "Run" menu, called Win + R keys , The msinfo32 command. On the start page, general information and basic data are displayed.

Interestingly, the components of the information about the system are constantly updated, and that's why sometimes you can see that there is an inscription opposite the BIOS operating mode, saying that it is obsolete. What does it mean? This means only that you need to change the firmware BIOS on a newer one. But to do this without certain knowledge is not recommended categorically.

Instead of an afterword

Here, in fact, briefly and all about how to "Windows 7" include BIOS. As for the settings, you need to be very careful here. Nevertheless, there are some recommendations. For example, it is necessary to set the system date and time exclusively in the BIOS, and not in the system, by calling the appropriate settings from the system tray. In addition, it is in the BIOS settings that you can connect additional features such as the Virtualization Technology, and also change the priority of devices in the boot sequence (Boot Sequence) to use the first device optical disk or a conventional flash drive.

You can generally reset all parameters to the factory settings, etc. You can, of course, use the "native" utilities of the motherboard manufacturer, but, as a rule, they do not allow fine tuning of the BIOS. However, we are not talking about this now, since it is possible to talk about the settings of the main and additional parameters for a long time.