windows xp
The operating system resides in secondary memory i.e., hard disk.when we boot our computer it is loaded into Primary memory i.e.,RAM and then loaded,this process is called booting
A computer is loading data when it is turned on and the operating system is being loaded.
it is loaded on the ram of a computer ( memory ) and it is also loaded on a partiton of your hard drive if your operating systemwas installed when you broiught it it is partitiion 1
Operating system is obviously resides in computer memory which is hard disk. But the main (booting) files are loaded into ROM by bootstrap loader at the time of start of the computer. Have you ever seen your C drive (or the drive which is for system, program files). This drive is on hard disk ... so OPERATING SYSTEM PLACED MAINLY ON HARD DISK...
booting
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.
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.
The operating system communicates with computer hardware using small programs called drivers.
Operating system must be loaded first so that other applications and programs will be able to work.
Booting up ..! A boot process is a step by step process with which a computer loads the operating system.
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