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    Windows Boot Manager (redirect from BOOTMGR)
    The Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) is the bootloader provided by Microsoft for Windows NT versions starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008...
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    other I/O devices. Second-stage boot loaders, such as GNU GRUB, rEFInd, BOOTMGR, Syslinux, and NTLDR, are not themselves operating systems, but are able...
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  • Windows Server 2003. From Windows Vista onwards it was replaced by the BOOTMGR bootloader. NTLDR is typically run from the primary storage device, but...
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    (OS initialization stage) boot loaders, such as shim, GNU GRUB, rEFInd, BOOTMGR, Syslinux, and NTLDR, are not themselves operating systems, but are able...
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    can be located on (almost) any partition, but the boot files (io.sys, bootmgr, ntldr, etc.) must reside on a primary partition. However, other factors...
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  • DOS and Windows NT family, where NTLDR (NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003) or BOOTMGR (Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2) use Master boot record...
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  • file and NT 6+ operating systems (Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11) use bootmgr instead, as they have a different boot sequence. IO.SYS IBMDOS.COM COMMAND...
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    installed and used beside these systems using a boot manager program, such as BOOTMGR or METAKERN included with FreeDOS.[citation needed] Windows NT-based operating...
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  • CONFIG.SYS is the primary configuration file for the DOS and OS/2 operating systems. It is a special ASCII text file that contains user-accessible setup...
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  • initiated by NTLDR in versions before Vista and the Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) in Vista and later. The boot loader is responsible for accessing the file...
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  • that are needed at boot time (such as drivers, NTLDR, winload.exe, or BOOTMGR) are compressed, the system may fail to boot correctly, because decompression...
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    supported by SerenityOS. Free and open-source software portal GNU GRUB BOOTMGR - current Windows bootloader rEFInd - alternative boot loader for UEFI-based...
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  • "Manage Bootloader" section of EasyBCD, it is possible to switch between the BOOTMGR bootloader (used since Windows Vista) and the NTLDR bootloader (used by...
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    software portal SysLinux (IsoLinux) – commonly used bootloader on CDs, DVDs BOOTMGR – current Windows bootloader NTLDR - previous Windows bootloader, used...
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  • bootloader is installed (in the case of Windows Vista and above, this would be BOOTMGR). This is left untouched if upgrading. The system is restarted into a user...
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