It won't make any difference at all. I have non system disks in my drives all the time. It matters not.
NTBOOTDD.sys
The gray Apple logo that appears on a Mac during shutdown (and bootup) is simply a splash screen that displays during the shutdown (or bootup) process.
dmesg
Intermittent lockup at bootup.
no. OS is after Bootup which is after POST.
One solution would be to install VNC on the Server and Workstation, connect laptop to the same network as the server and use VNC viewer to access the Server. This would only work if the Server actually boots, and would not allow you to see the bootup sequence.
Please explain where the password was lost. In the os? In the bootup?
Boot Logging
Flash MemoryTFTP server
To speed up OS bootup and to make programs run faster.
The key is different to what BIOS you have. If this is not to do with BIOS, and is a feature of Windows, (of which I have not played with...), it is most likely F8
You do it in CMOS setup, usually by pressing F2 during bootup, but the exact key combination varies from device to device.