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jes
12-09-2002, 08:19 PM
I can't seem to find a site that outlines the NT boot process in a step-by-step manner. Can you help me?
Ghost_Hacker
12-09-2002, 08:36 PM
Try this site:

NT boot (http://mike.elit.net/braindump/nt/nt4boot.asp)


Hope this helps :)
jes
12-09-2002, 11:06 PM
Great! That's what I was looking for. How did you find this?
Ghost_Hacker
12-10-2002, 03:36 PM
I used Google.

Think I searched on "NT" and "boot process".
jes
12-10-2002, 04:05 PM
Strange. I tried that method too.

How does that tie into what I have?

I have:
Electrical initialization
BIOS startup
Power On Self Test
Video BIOS
System check
PnP check
Summary Screen
Boot Device
Control passes to the OS

That site seems to have compressed that into the first two steps.
Ghost_Hacker
12-11-2002, 02:23 AM
Yes, your right because your steps are not NT specific. The NT boot process would start at the "boot device" step and proceed from there.