- Data
store and uses the
information to load the
operating system through winload.exe or winresume.exe. On
system with BIOS firmware, the BIOS
invokes MBR...
- 64-bit
edition of Windows.
System startup (Windows NT) NTLDR, IA64ldr,
Winload The boot loader;
performs basic system initialization options such as loading...
- DOS and
Windows NT family,
where NTLDR (NT, 2000, XP,
Server 2003) or
WINLOAD (Vista,
Server 2008,
Windows 7 and
Server 2008 R2) use
Master boot record...
- If
system files that are
needed at boot time (such as drivers, NTLDR,
winload.exe, or BOOTMGR) are compressed, the
system may fail to boot correctly...
- the boot-loader
functionality is
instead provided by two new components:
WINLOAD.EXE and the
Windows Boot Manager. In file
systems such as FAT12 (except...
- its boot
manager and
system loader parts: the
Windows Boot
Manager and
winload.exe. The boot
manager part has been
completely rewritten; it no longer...
- systems, the HAL only
supports ACPI, and ntdetect.com has been
replaced by
winload.exe, so that
Windows will be able to
control hardware resource allocation...
-
flexible system, with NTLDR's
functionality split between two new components:
winload.exe and
Windows Boot Manager. A
notable change is that the
Windows Boot...
