Io.sys
win.com
msdos.sys
True
Most of the important Windows files are located in C:\Windows\System32
Windows XP is a long time operating system from Microsoft. The bootable files in that OS are command.com, autoexec.bat, win.ini, win.ini, and ntdetect.exe. There files are needed for proper booting of the OS.
All the files under C:\Windows, which is what contains the OS.
The autoexec.bat and the config.sys were files created for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x as an easy solution of loading the files required for various devices as well as the operating system to properly run. These files are required for later revisions of MS-DOS and Windows 3.x to load. Because Microsoft is trying to steer away from MS-DOS, these files are not required for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or later operating systems. However, in some cases it may still be necessary for users to edit or configure these files.
C:\windows
Windows Media Player.
boot partitionThe boot partition is the disk partition that contains the Windows operating system files and its support files, but not any files responsible for booting.
No it does not
In the Windows OS it is Windows Explorer.
There are 5 files in Windows 7, but DO NOT tamper with the system because it can damge your files and erase memory thinking that it is an online hacker.
It depends on how important those data files are to yourself. Data files are files that you put on the computer such as pictures, music, documents, etc. These files sometimes to users are more important than the actual system files. I would have to say that my data files are more important to me than system files but that's just because I can go in and re-install Windows and have my system running how it was previously in a matter of a few hours.