Yes. You have a couple options:
1. Purchase a barebones kit. Some barebones kits will only contain the case, motherboard, and power supply. Others may include a hard drive, RAM, CPU, and optical drive (everything you need).
2. Dell sells PCs bundled with FreeDOS (but not installed) at a lower cost than one with Windows.
The OS is stored in the Hard Drive then when you load up your computer it is loaded into the ram
When you boot a computer, you are basically loading the operating system and all of its components. These are necessary for the computer to run and to access your data and software. After the OS has loaded, your startup programs are loaded as well.
Usually it is installed on your HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
post, BIOS, The OS takes over, Files are loaded
Yes, the kernel is loaded before the operating system (OS) can fully function. When a computer starts, the bootloader loads the kernel into memory, initializing the hardware and providing essential services. Once the kernel is active, it enables the OS to run and manage applications and user interactions. Therefore, the kernel is a crucial component that must be loaded first for the OS to operate effectively.
Operating system must be loaded first so that other applications and programs will be able to work.
no, nothing remains in ram after your computer is turned off (unless it's static ram but hardly anyone has that anymore) in sleep mode your OS does remain in ram but your computer isn't off in hibernate mode, your computer is off and your OS state is written to the hard drive, so that it can be loaded back into RAM more quickly
System software that is responsible for the functioning of all hardware parts and their interoperability to carry out tasks successfully is called an operating system (OS). OS is the first software to be loaded into computer memory when the computer is switched on and this is called booting.
Dual Boot
An OS reside in HDD, SSD, flash drive or CD/DVD. When you boot the computer the kernel is copied to RAM. Now other parts of OS will be loaded to RAM as and when required.
Probably the IBM 7090 in 1958 running IBSYS. IBSYS was originally developed on the IBM 709, but when it was introduced in 1956 of course it had no OS at all. Programs were all loaded and run manually.
Not your computer, but your OS can be outdated. Win95 for example, can't run Internet Explorer 7.