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2. Windows Preinstallation Environment - Wikipedia

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   Windows Recovery Environment can also be installed to a hard drive partition by OEMs, [28] and customized with additional tools such as a separate system recovery tool for restoring the computer back to its original state. [29] As of Windows Vista SP1, users can create their own bootable CD containing the recovery environment.

3. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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   POST routines are part of a computer's pre-boot sequence. If they complete successfully, the bootstrap loader code is invoked to load an operating system . In IBM PC compatible computers, the main duties of POST are handled by the BIOS or UEFI .

4. Booting process of Windows - Wikipedia

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   Once all the boot and system drivers have been loaded, the kernel starts the session manager (smss.exe), which begins the login process. After the user has successfully logged into the machine, winlogon applies User and Computer Group Policy setting and runs startup programs declared in the Windows Registry and in "Startup" folders.

5. System Mechanic - AOL Help

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   Restore power, speed and stability with over 200 critical tests and 50 tools using the go-to solution for ultimate PC performance and trouble-free computing.

6. Ultimate Boot CD - Wikipedia

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   The Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) is a bootable CD-ROM containing a collection of diagnostic tools including CPU tests, memory tests, virus scanning, and other tools. [1] [2] The Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) contains over 100 system diagnostics and hardware troubleshooting utilities. [3] [4] The Ultimate Boot CD contains freeware and open-source ...

7. Windows Boot Manager - Wikipedia

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   On system with BIOS firmware, the BIOS invokes MBR boot code from a hard disk drive at startup. The MBR boot code and the VBR boot code are OS-specific. In Microsoft Windows, the MBR boot code tries to find an active partition (the MBR is only 512 bytes), then executes the VBR boot code of an active partition.