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Which partition is the bootable partition that startup BIOS turns to when searching for an operating system to star up?
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sda1 is normally the one. It indicates the first disk's first patrition. if you have more than one disk or you put the system into, for example, the second disk's first patrition. Then the mbr will guide it to boot from sdb1.
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Which partition is the bootable partition that startup bios turns to when searching for operating system to start up?
Active Partition
What is the system disk?
The system disk is the partition from which the operating system was loaded at startup.
How do you boot into Mac OS X without changing the startup disk?
press on startup to display the bootable disks.
How operating system of a personal computer comes into working order?
A PC going through its booting sequence upon staring, a personal computer's CPU runs the instruction located at the memory location of the Basic Input/ Output System (BIOS). It contains a jump instruction that transfer execution to the location of the BIOS startup program. This program runs a Power On Self Test to check that devices the computer rely on are functioning; it also initializes these devices. Then the BIOS go through a preconfigured list of devices until it finds one that is bootable. If the BIOS find a bootable device, it loads and executes its boot sector. In the case of a hard drive, this is referred to as the master boot record (MBR) and is often not operating system specific. Usually MBR code checks the partition table for an active portion. If one is found, the MBR code loads that partition's boot sector and executes it. The boot sector is often operating system specific, however in most operating systems its main function is to load and execute the kernel, which continues startup and in the case of multi-user operating systems prompt the login screen.
The active partition is also known as the?
(On Windows), the active partition is a primary partition on a disk which Windows will load its files from. An active partition is always a startup partition. If there are several OS's on the one disk, Windows will load from the one marked as active. - pentavore
What three files must be on the startup disk to make the disk bootable?
You must have IO.sys, Msdos.sys and command.com
How do you make a disk bootable?
My Computer, right click on floppy drive-> Format... In the next windows choose Create a MS-DOS startup disk
Why does your floppy drive chatter for about 30 sec when you boot up?
It is checking to see if a bootable disk (i.e. windows startup disk) is inserted. Obviously, if it didn't check + your computer didn't work then you wouldn't be able to use your startup disk.
What is the difference between seed capital and startup capital?
Seed capital is for research and planning while startup capital is for operating expenses.
How can a Mac remove a partition on external hard drive?
Built into Mac OS X is an application called Disk Utility, which can format and partition any internal or external volume. It's located in /Applications/Utilities/. Additionally, there are some third-party utilities that can work with partitions on-the-fly: iPartition, DiskWorks, and VolumeWorks all claim to do this.
Your dell laptop says no bootable devices on startup what do you do?
wow this happens to me alot you have to either press F12 or F11 when it says no bootable devices and then move to the section that shows what bootable devices there are and screw around a little and switch what order things boot and after a few it should work i dont know what type of laptop it is exactly you have so i dont know what exactly the devices you have on it
How do you format hp laptop due to windows wont startup at all?
Your laptop might have a recovery partition you can boot to. Usually this is done by pressing F10 at startup and following the instructions. If your computer does NOT have a recovery partition, you will need to boot to the discs that came with your laptop. If you've lost these recovery CDs, more can be ordered from HP.
