NTLDR

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NTLDR is the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft''s Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. NTLDR is typically run from the primary hard disk drive, but it can also run from portable storage devices such as a CD-ROM, USB flash drive, or floppy disk. NTLDR can also load a non NT-based operating system given the appropriate boot sector in a file. To load an NT-based OS, ntdetect.com must also be present. In Vista, Boot information is stored in a Registry-like file called the Boot Configuration Data store. Vista comes with a command-line tool bcdedit.com for configuring BCD. The Volume Boot Record written to disk by the Windows NT format command attempts to load and to run the NTLDR program

Klappentext

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NTLDR is the boot loader for all releases of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. NTLDR is typically run from the primary hard disk drive, but it can also run from portable storage devices such as a CD-ROM, USB flash drive, or floppy disk. NTLDR can also load a non NT-based operating system given the appropriate boot sector in a file. To load an NT-based OS, ntdetect.com must also be present. In Vista, Boot information is stored in a Registry-like file called the Boot Configuration Data store. Vista comes with a command-line tool bcdedit.com for configuring BCD. The Volume Boot Record written to disk by the Windows NT format command attempts to load and to run the NTLDR program