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by rizwanshaikh

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I wanted to ask a few querry...
what is a booting process in win xp ?
what r the extra command in win xp ?

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by bmille14

The startup/boot sequence for Window XP is similar to that for Windows NT and Windows 2000.

Power-on self test (POST) phase
Initial startup phase
Boot loader phase
Detect and configure hardware phase
Kernel loading phase
Logon phase

It accomplishes this with the following system files. If you've worked with Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 before you are going to recognize this sequence.

Ntldr- Root of the system partition
Boot.ini - Root of the system partition
Bootsect.dos(multiple-boot systems only)- Root of the system partition
Ntdetect.com - Root of the system partition
Ntbootdd.sys - Root of the system partition (required for SCSI or Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) controllers with firmware disabled orthat do not support extended INT-13 calls).
Ntoskrnl.exe - systemroot\System32 The core (also called the kernel) of the Windows XP operating system.
Hal.dll - systemroot\System32
System registry file - systemroot\System32\Config\System
Device drivers- systemroot\System32\Drivers

The user is now present the logon screen.

Not sure what you mean by extra command?

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