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OK cool, this now is the BIOS section of what i "tweak", this is optional as well and serves to basically try and lean out some settings. To boot into the BIOS select F2 when the VM is booting up, selecting ESC will give you a boot menu.

As soon as i get the MAIN screen of the BIOS, depending of if you require a FDD or not, you can DISABLE that, next i like to enable 32bit IO for my Virutal Hard Disk, and finally i like to ENABLE the Boot Time Diagnostics Screen.

Next we head to the ADVANCED section to disable serial and parallel ports, again a personal preference and i usually never use either of them.

If you feel so inclined I DO NOT (of a VM anyways) you may password protect your BIOS and change your boot order accordingly. Password protecting the BIOS of a server or firewall (or desktop) or any computer where phycial access may be possible is a GOOD IDEA. This helps to prevent unauthorized access to the BIOS which may allow booting of other medias or worse.