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Name the prgram that is needed to locate the beginning of the OS on a drive?
BIOS Is the program to boot the computer and load the OS Into the computer's RAM.
How do you find in which drive the OS is loaded?
go into your bios
Programming contained on the firmware chip on the motherboard that is responsible for getting a system up and going and finding an OS to load is what?
BIOS
What provides essential operating system services?
The BIOS. The BIOS provides services to the OS and the OS provides services to the applications.
Do the bios look to cmos ram settings to find out which secondary storage device should have the OS?
yes
What things to check if computer want reboot?
Hard Drive (Boot from CD) - Tries to boot, loads BIOS, but won't load OS BIOS Battery might be dead - Replace Battery Power supply (if completely dead)
Internal hard disk at 0 will not load OS or any OS not being recognized in any Linux and fails BIOS checks what should I do?
The drive is probably defective. If it is under warranty, see about getting an RMA from the retailer or manufacturer.
Do you have to make a bios backup in order to install an OS like windows xp?
No, to my knowledge the BIOS of a computer is not affected by the installation of any Operating System (OS). The BIOS provides some common information to the OS, so the OS does not have to know specific things that may be different from computer to computer, like the type of hard drive for example. The BIOS takes care of how the hard drive is configured so the OS does not need to worry about it.
A feature of both the BIOS and the OS is?
plug and play
The bios looks to cmos ram settings to find out which secondary storage device should have the OS true or false?
Yes
True or false the bios looks to cmos ram settings to find out which secondary storage device should have the OS?
True
Can you flash your BIOS back to its original state?
That depends on the tool used to upgrade. Most tools provided by the manufacturer will not allow you to load an older version of the BIOS. A generic Flash utility may allow you to load an older version. Also, most Intel motherboards have a built-in BIOS repair tool that can load a BIOS from a floppy if the main BIOS is corrupted. This can usually be done safely with an older version of the BIOS.
