Windows XP Boot Sequence

When you hit the power button on your computer a whole lot of stuff happens. We call this the boot process. In the days when I first started using computers there was literally a “boot disk”, a floppy (5.25″ not a 3.5″) disk that told the system where to go and what to do so that the operating system would start up. Since then the boot sequence has become somewhat more complicated. So let me take you thru the steps the computer takes to get started. For my example I’m going to use a Windows XP system.


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