booting-up switch
1Booting — This article is about bootstrapping operating systems. For the general concept, see Bootstrapping. For other uses, see Booting (disambiguation). In computing, booting (also known as booting up) is a process that begins when a user turns on a… …
2KVM switch — Symbolic representation of a KVM switch. The computer on the right is currently being controlled by the peripherals …
3NTLDR — (abbreviation of NT loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. NTLDR is typically run from the primary hard disk drive, but it can also run from portable… …
4Windows NT startup process — The Windows NT startup process is the process by which Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems initialize. In Windows Vista and later, this process has changed slightly; see Windows Vista startup process …
5USB flash drive — JumpDrive redirects here. For the fictional propulsion system, see Jump drive. SanDisk Cruzer Micro, a brand of USB flash drives …
6EasyBCD — Original author(s) Mahmoud H. Al Qudsi Developer(s) …
7Windows 9x — Windows 4.x redirects here. For the operating system in the NT family, see Windows NT 4.0. Windows 9x Screenshot of Windows 95, the first version of Windows in the 9x series Company / developer …
8Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks …
9Microkernel — Structure of monolithic and microkernel based operating systems, respectively In computer science, a microkernel is the near minimum amount of software that can provide the mechanisms needed to implement an operating system (OS). These mechanisms …
10CONFIG.SYS — is the primary configuration file for the DOS, OS/2 as well as similar operating systems. It is a special file that contains setup or configuration instructions for the computer system. Contents 1 Usage 2 Examples 2.1 MS DOS …
