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The Boot Process

Your computer goes through a series of when it boots up, here are the steps:

• The power-on self-test (POST) runs.
• Your computer searches its storage devices for an operating system.
• Your computer checks the diskette drive first (this can be altered but these are the default settings. You will may hear the drive rotating and see its activity indicator light. If you've left a diskette in the drive, you may see a non-system disk error message
• Next, your computer checks the hard disk, which is where your operating system is probably located.
• When it finds the operating system, your computer loads it into RAM (random-access memory).
• The operating system loads drivers for the devices connected to your computer.
• The device drivers initialize the hardware.
• After the boot-up is complete, the Windows desktop appears on the screen, and your computer is ready to us

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Welcome to my hoax section if you encounter a message about a virus please send to [email protected] or call me on ICQ#22015420 I do not spread hoaxes! these pages are simply to inform other users that they are hoaxes. Please to not spread hoaxes. Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning. Do not forward hoax messages. There have been cases where e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict company guideline: End users must not forward virus alarms. Ever. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department but not to anyone else.