To change the contents of the boot loader menu in Windows XP, one must edit the boot.ini file.
Following are the boot loader features of windows 7: a) Windows Boot Manager(Bootmgr.exe) b) Windows Operating System loader c) Windows Resume Loader
I had the exact same problem with my own computer. Apparently, Windows 7 doesn't work that well with Windows XP's boot loader (when dual booting). I solved the problem (well...sort of) by booting into my Windows 7 partition, Installing EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1) and adding Windows XP to the boot loader again. The only thing is that when ever I boot into Xp (which is rare now) and then shut down, the Windows 7 boot loader is erased an I have to recover the computer with the Install DVD.The Windows Boot Loader begin erased may or may not happen to you, but it mayBest of luck with it,~Dex1010
Windows Boot Manager (bootmgr)File,Windows boot loader (winload.exe)File and the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) File
ntldr (NT Loader)
Boot loader in Android is something similar like you have boot loader over the Windows PC. I am sure you know that when you ran onto trouble you boot your PC over the boot loader menu to perform recovery ! It's the same thing when you encounter problems with your Android device, boot loader is used to get the device back in working state.
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Active partition is a term Windows uses to mean the partition Windows will boot off of. The Windows boot loader goes to its configuration file and starts, these files will be in the active partition.
In order to answer the question, one would need to know for which operating system the "bootstrap loader" or boot loader is intended. There have been many boot loaders since electronic computers capable of running stored programs were first developed. Some of the earliest bootstrap loaders had no name at all; they were merely a list of steps one would execute to flip switches on the front panel of a computer to enter a rudimentary set of instructions that would allow the computer to finish loading its operating program from a paper tape reader or stack of punched cards. One popular boot loader used with Linux systems today is called GRUB, which stands for "Grand Unified Boot Loader".
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You are required to use a boot loader to run two or more Operating Systems. You have to use it to get a screen with a list of available options to boot into different Operating Systems. Some good examples are- Windows Loader, Grub or Grub4DOS.
Boot is the 'verb' . Boot loader is the set of code which is executed while computer boots.
Nothing was techinically "replaced", but they booted in phases rather than specific files. This lead to adding bootmgr(Windows Boot Manager) which reads a registry type file that was not used in Windows XP.