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    dual-booting refers to the common configuration of specifically two operating systems. Multi-booting may require a custom boot loader. Multi-booting allows...
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    § Computing Multi-booting Boot disk Bootkit Comparison of boot loaders Linux startup process Macintosh startup Microreboot Multi boot Network booting RedBoot Self-booting...
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    Bootloader (redirect from Boot loader)
    also spelled as boot loader or called bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer and booting an operating system...
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  • El Torito (CD-ROM standard), for booting CD-ROM disks List of tools to create bootable USB Live USB Multi-booting Merino Vidal, Julio M. (March 1, 2007)...
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  • 8-bit computers, almost all software is self-booting. On the IBM PC, the distinction is between a self-booting program and one which is started by the user...
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  • Boot Camp Assistant is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s macOS (previously Mac OS X / OS X) that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows...
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  • for booting into Windows NT/2000/XP that does not use NTLDR in order to avoid a two-level boot menu (the BCD boot menu followed by the NTLDR/BOOT.INI...
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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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  • Reboot (redirect from Cold booting)
    p. 188. ISBN 9780789730626. "Hardware Troubleshooting: Cold Booting Versus Warm Booting". Support. Microsoft. 7 July 2005. Archived from the original...
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    partitions are referred to as "partition" worldwide. Multi-boot systems are computers where the user can boot into more than one distinct operating system (OS)...
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    Editor. Boot Configuration Data allows for third-party integration, so anyone can implement tools like diagnostics or recovery options Booting process...
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  • volume from another operating system (in case of multi-booting scenarios). In addition, multi-booting different versions of Windows can disrupt the operation...
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    replace SteamOS with a different operating system entirely or set up multi-booting. It is also possible to use Microsoft Edge for Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing...
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  • NTLDR (redirect from Boot.ini)
    booting an NT-based OS, detects basic hardware information needed for successful boot An additional important file is boot.ini, which contains boot configuration...
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  • not use for booting. 80. Active partition. Goodell, Dan. "Fixing Windows 2000/XP Drive Letters". Understanding MultiBooting and Booting Windows from...
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    Linux, or other operating systems through virtualization, emulation, or multi-booting. macOS is the successor of the classic Mac OS, which had nine releases...
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  • The Linux booting process involves multiple stages and is in many ways similar to the BSD and other Unix-style boot processes, from which it derives....
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    SYSLINUX (category Free boot loaders)
    SYSLINUX, used for booting from the FAT filesystem ISOLINUX, used for booting from the ISO 9660 file system PXELINUX, used for booting from a network server...
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  • Safe mode (redirect from Safe boot)
    poorly-configured software that prevents the operating system from successfully booting into its normal operating mode. Though it varies by operating system, safe...
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  • MBR code programs were created for booting PC DOS and MS-DOS, and similar boot code remains in wide use. These boot sectors expect the FDISK partition...
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  • allows multi-booting. When the card is in the slot, the Nook Tablet will start from the operating system on the SD card. Otherwise, it will boot from the...
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  • Windows ME Loader (surname) Fast loader Speedloader Boot loader LOADER.COM (aka "NEWLDR"), a multi-boot loader shipping with various Digital Research, Novell...
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    UEFI (redirect from Windows 8 secure boot)
    GRUB for booting (e.g. SUSE Linux), the same holds true for OpenBSD. For booting from iSCSI iPXE can be used as a UEFI application loaded by U-Boot. Intel's...
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    REFInd (category Free boot loaders)
    spoofing booting process to enable secondary video chipsets on some Mac. Linux-specific features, including autodetecting EFI stub loader to boot Linux kernel...
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    operating systems in multi-boot and chain load scenarios, and as with older IBM PC–compatible PCs. Instead, the DR-DOS 7.07 boot sectors resorted to self-modifying...
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  • Windows XP from booting, but it might prevent Windows Vista from booting, if the starting sector is moved without updating Vista's boot files. Secondly...
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    memory before it passes control to it. […] Poarch, Mad (April 1993). "Booting Multiple Operating Systems with the DR Multiuser DOS LOADER Utility". Developer...
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  • Retrieved 2018-07-26. Boleyn, Erich Stefan (1995-04-04). "Comments on the 'MultiBoot Standard' proposal". Uruk.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26...
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  • secure boot environment, PBA is easily defeated with Evil Maid style of attacks. However, with modern hardware (including TPM or cryptographic multi-factor...
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    IRC (redirect from MultiUser Talk)
    Roderick W. (8 April 2000). "The Internet: Using IRC to Get Help". The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook. Handbook Series. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:...
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