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Will system boot up normally to operating system level if CMOS battery is dead?
CMOS holds many of the boot parameters, such as what type and size of hard disk, the type and speed of the processor and other critical information. Many times the computer can still boot with a dead CMOS battery, but the information will not be available and will affect the process. Replace the battery then run through the setup procedure to save the values.
What is the difference between hard boot and soft boot?
A a soft boot takes the intials steps if a hard boot doesnt happen.. A hard boot initializes the processor and clears memory
What CMOS setup change could be made to prevent a computer from being booted?
There are likely several CMOS settings that will heep a computer from booting. One of the most obvious is the password setting. If you make it require a password to boot the computer, it won't boot. Then there are the hard drive settings. If you disable the hard drive or the hard drive ports, then the computer won't boot. Then there are settings that should never be used for this, such as setting the memory and CPU clock to very unreasonable values.
What types of options are shown on the cmos setup?
Ports, hard drives and other drives settings, boot order, memory and CPU settings.
1 a client wants to boot from the windows xp professional CD-rom to install windows xp professional but when he inserts the CD-rom in the drive and tries to boot the PC boots from the hard disk ins?
Change the boot order in the CMOS/BIOS.
What is DOS boot sequence?
Generally, MS-DOS boots starting with the first available floppy drive. Then it checks the hard drive and then any additional hard drives if they are properly registered in the CMOS. Then it eventually checks any optical drives. But this all depends on the exact BIOS and the CMOS settings. With some BIOSes, you can disable the floppy boot or make it try the floppies after the hard drive.
What is the different between a hard boot and a soft boot?
A hard boot, or cold boot, involves turning on the power with the on/off switch, A soft boot, or warm boot, involves using the operating system to reboot.
State the advantages of CMOS setup?
By entering the CMOS setup you are able to change the boot sequence of your computer, enable or disable RAID, and change power-on settings. The CMOS setup also allows you to view and change floppy, hard drive, and optical drive settings, as well as change a number of other hardware configuration options.
What is the differnce between a hard boot and a soft boot?
A hard boot - is starting up the computer from 'cold' - ie - switching it on at the mains etc. A soft boot - is re-starting an already running machine - ie - pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL together.
What is the name of the virus that hides in the boot sector?
A boot sector virus. Boot sector viruses place themselves in the MBR (master boot record). This is a partition on the hard disk that contains all of the programs and files necessary for the computer to boot up when it is powered on. The virus places itself here and gains control of the computer before the operating system can gain control.
What are the differences between soft boot warm boot?
A soft boot is when you just turn a device off and back on. Which you can do by hitting the power button off then back on or use a reset button which also powers off and on a device automatically. A hard boot is when you completely erase the software that runs in the device and re install it back on to the device.
What are the three stages of vista startup process?
Startup BIOS first cheacks all the essential hardware coponents, after post, then the BIOS turns to CMOS RAM to find out to which device it should look to find an operating system, and the CIOS finds and launches the small program in the master boot record of the hard drive.
