Create account Already a member? Sign in This is actually the (simplified) boot sequence for Windows NT,
Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus, 2000, XP and 2003: BIOS: performs Power On Self Check (Publish) BIOS: loads MBR from the boot device specified/selected by the BIOS MBR: contains a compact amount of code that reads the partition table,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Student, the very first partition marked as energetic is established to become the program volume MBR: loads the boot sector through the program volume BOOT SECTOR: reads the root directory in the process volume at loads NTLDR NTLDR: reads BOOT.INI from your process volume to find out the boot drive (presenting a menu if greater than 1 entry is defined) NTLDR: loads and executes NTDETECT.COM from the model volume to execute BIOS hardware detection NTLDR: loads NTOSKRNL.EXE, HAL.DLL, BOOTVID.DLL (and KDCOM.DLL for XP upwards) from your boot (Windows) volume NTLDR: loads WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM which gets to be the model hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystem NTLDR: loads drivers flagged as "boot" defined during the process hive,
Genuine Windows 7, then passes command to NTOSKRNL.EXE NTOSKRNL.EXE: brings up the loading splash display and initializes the kernel subsystem NTOSKRNL.EXE: begins the boot-start drivers and then loads & begins the system-start drivers NTOSKRNL.EXE: creates the Session Manager process (SMSS.EXE) SMSS.EXE: runs any programs specified in BootExecute (e.g. AUTOCHK, the native API version of CHKDSK) SMSS.EXE: processes any delayed move/rename operations from hotfixes/service packs replacing in-use product files SMSS.EXE: initializes the paging file(s) and the remaining registry hives ** before this step completes, bugchecks will not result in a memory dump as we need a working page file on the boot (Windows) volume **SMSS.EXE: starts the kernel-mode portion in the Win32 subsystem (WIN32K.SYS) SMSS.EXE: begins the user-mode portion for the Win32 subsystem (CSRSS.EXE) SMSS.EXE: commences WINLOGON.EXE WINLOGON.EXE: starts the Regional Security Authority (LSASS.EXE) WINLOGON.EXE: loads the Graphical User Identification and Authentication DLL (MSGINA.DLL by default) WINLOGON.EXE: displays the logon window WINLOGON.EXE: begins the services controller (SERVICES.EXE) ** at this point users can logon **SERVICES.EXE: commences all services markes as automatic --------- NOTES: The Method volume could be the partition from which the boot process commences, containing the MBR,
Office 2007 Product Key, boot sector,
Office 2007 Activation Key, NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM & BOOT.INI The BOOT volume is the partition which has the Windows folder - this can be a logical partition