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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The booting process of Microsoft Windows varies between different releases. In Windows versions 1.01 to Windows 2.11, the system was loaded when WIN.COM...
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UEFI (redirect from Windows 8 secure boot)
versions of Windows Boot Manager and shim, which refuse buggy or vulnerable intermediate bootloaders (usually older versions of Windows Boot Manager and GRUB)...
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Comparison of bootloaders (redirect from Smart Boot Manager)
device. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/REFInd#Installing_the_rEFInd_Boot_Manager rEFInd Features Debian patch GNU GRUB 0.97 manual Requires a TSR, such...
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ArcaOS or BSD, in addition to Linux or Windows. With the boot flag set on the Windows primary, the Windows Boot Manager can be used to chainload another installed...
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NTLDR (redirect from Windows NT Flex Boot Loader)
is the boot loader for all releases of Windows NT operating system from 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1 up until Windows XP and Windows Server...
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Bootloader (redirect from Boot manager)
it also provides an interactive menu with multiple boot choices then it's often called a boot manager. When a computer is turned off, its software—including...
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dual-boot systems, such as NTLDR (the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft's Windows NT-derived operating systems up to and including Windows XP and...
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operating system ever since. Previous versions of Boot Camp supported Windows XP and Windows Vista. Boot Camp 4.0 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard version...
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GNU GRUB (redirect from Grand Unified Boot Loader)
Microsoft Windows by putting everything besides the GRLDR config in one image file. It can be loaded directly from DOS, or by NTLDR or Windows Boot Manager. GRUB4DOS...
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EFI system partition (category Booting)
partitions. UEFI support in Windows began in 2008 with Windows Vista SP1. The Windows boot manager is located at the \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ subfolder of the EFI...
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GRUB Linux kernel Initial ram disk (initrd) Windows Preinstallation Environment Windows Boot Manager BOOT.WIM Data recovery El Torito (CD-ROM standard)...
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the Windows NT Add-On Subsystem for Presentation Manager must be installed. The last version of Windows NT to have an OS/2 subsystem was Windows 2000;...
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the boot flag set. Any other value is invalid. Its primary function is to indicate to a MS-DOS/MS Windows-type boot loader which partition to boot. In...
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mode. The booting process of Windows NT begins with NTLDR in versions before Vista and the Windows Boot Manager in Vista and later. The boot loader is...
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DOS 3.30. Since MS-DOS, PC DOS, OS/2 and Windows were never enabled to boot off them, the MBR format and boot code remained almost unchanged in functionality...
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advanced boot options once the Windows Boot Manager menu appears. On UEFI systems, beginning with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the x64 version of Windows Vista...
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all use the Windows Vista servicing stack. Package Manager can also install updates to an offline Windows image, including updates, boot-critical device...
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Windows 1.0 is the first major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft. It...
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support for Secure Boot on supported devices—were introduced. It was the first Windows version to support ARM architecture under the Windows RT branding. Single-core...
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initialize hardware during booting. Real mode has the 1MB memory limitation, modern boot loaders (e.g. GRUB2, Windows Boot Manager) use the unreal mode or...
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Kon-Boot (aka konboot, kon boot) is a software utility that allows users to bypass Microsoft Windows passwords and Apple macOS passwords (Linux support...
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The transition from Windows 7 to Windows 8 introduced a number of new features across various aspects of the operating system. These include a greater...
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Windows NT 4.0 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the data server and personal workstation markets...
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Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. It is the direct...
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Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems...
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the Windows 2000 operating system, and is supported in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11...
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on Windows Update. Windows Server 2022 reached general availability on August 18, 2021. Windows Server 2022 has the following features: Enhanced boot-time...
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An extended boot record (EBR), or extended partition boot record (EPBR), is a descriptor for a logical partition under the common DOS disk drive partitioning...
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