this name and location for for the file in windons XP 1/ BOOT.INI 2/ NTLDR 3/ NTBOOTDD.SYS 4/NTUSER.DAT 5/ NTDETECT.COM
Those are common boot files. Some other important system files in Windows XP (they can all also be found in Windows Vista and 7):
1. ntoskrnl.exe (core/optimization)
2. system.exe
3. explorer.exe (Windows gui components)
4. services.exe (services management)
5. dllhost.exe (dll management)
6. svchost.exe (services functionality)
7. smss.exe (session manager)
8. winlogon.exe
9. System Idle Process
10. vssvc.exe (volume shadow copy/system restore)
For more info:
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/index.html
Most of the important Windows files are located in C:\Windows\System32
C:\windows
EFS stands for Encrypted File System and is used to encrypt folders and files in Windows XP or Vista.This encryption works ONLY when using the Windows NTFS file system!
I did this once on an old XP machine thinking it was junk files, and Windows barely booted afterward. XP loves hiding system files in random places, so deleting all 1386 blindly is basically roulette. Check what they actually are before nuking them.
easy transfer
It's call System State Data
No. Due to the main differences (Windows 3.1 is DOS and windows XP is its own operating system), you must make a backup of your files and install windows XP as fresh, then put the files back on the hard disk drive.
registry
Go away, nerd.
NTFS
There is no such thing as a "Windows XP Word file." You open the files in Vista the exact same way you do in Windows XP - with Microsoft Word.
System32 file