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When booting xp operating system which file will be read to find the path to the boot partition?
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MBR Master Boot Record. I think so because one of my oracle professor told me that master boot record is the source to the windows booting setup. not confirm i think so.
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What is the partition where the Windows 2000XP operating system is stored?
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.
When booting the window xp operating system which file will be read to find the Path of the boot partition?
Boot.ini
When booting the windows xp operating system which file will be read to find the path to the boot partition?
BOOT.INI z
What is the partition used by operating system to boot the computer?
Most operating systems uses the boot partition to boot the computer. In some operating systems, both the system partition and the boot partition are used to boot up the system.
Why the boot partition and the system partition cannot be deleted?
On MS platforms, the system partition is used to hold the boot files. The boot partition holds all the windows operating system files. Leave it to Microsuck to mis-lable the partition hiearchy. The system partition holds what is loaded and executed first after the computer runs through its preliminary BIOS boot sequence. It tells the computer where to start loading the operating system from; the boot partition. The boot partition is where all the program files (thousands of them) needed by the operating system are stored. If the system partition is deleted; the computer will not find the operating system. If the boot partition is deleted, again; the computer will not find the operating system.
Explain the difference between the windows boot partition and the windows system partition?
The system partition is the active partition of the hard drive and it contains the OS boot record. The boot partition is the partition where the Windows operating system is stored.
What is the purpose of an active partition?
Information for BIOS: the active partition is the partition from which an operating system (or another boot-loader) should be boot-loaded.
What is the beginning of the boot drive?
You can set the boot flag to any one drive partition, but it must have a bootloader installed. The boot sector (the first 512 bytes) under the MBR system contains the boot code that will redirect to the bootloader that will be responsible for booting whatever operating system you have. Under the MBR system there will be a master boot record (MBR).
What is dual booting in Linux operating system?
Dual booting is not restricted to Linux. Dual booting refers to the presence of two operating systems on one computer. Switch/choice between these operating systems is determined at boot time (either via bios or boot manager), therefore only one operating system is at use at a time.
Is there a way to dual boot 2 or 3 different Linux distributions on a laptop?
Yes. Multi-booting operating systems on a laptop is accomplished in the same manner as with a desktop system. Each operating system needs to reside on its own partition on the hard drive. The boot-loader (GRUB or LILO), which is installed on the Master Boot Record, will determine how the individual operating systems are booted.There are numerous tutorials online for multi-booting Linux on your computer. Try a Google search using the terms "Linux multi-boot tutorial".Luck!
In a dual oprating system how can you delate one oprting system?
The second operating system should be on a different partition or disk. If you format the partition/disk that the unwanted operating system is on, the machine will have no choice but to boot to the remaining operating system.
What is another name for the active partition of the hard drive?
The active partition is the partition which is marked as Active in Index table. the status and locations of partitions are stored in MBR(master boot record). The active status tells the system which partition to boot from. System boots from the partition which contains the Operating System(windows XP, 2003.....). So the partition which contains the Operating System is Active partition and it is the Primary partition. So we can call the active partition as Bootable Partition or Primary Partition.
