During the booting process, the binary code of an operating system or runtime environment may be loaded from nonvolatile secondary storage (such as a hard disk drive) into volatile, or random-access memory (RAM) and then executed.
What happens during the booting process?
Booting is what happens when a computer starts. ... When you boot a computer, your processor looks for instructions in system ROM (the BIOS) and executes them. They normally 'wake up' peripheral equipment and search for the boot device. The boot device either loads the operating system or gets it from someplace else.
What is the process of booting a computer?
Startup sequence
- The CPU starts and fetches instructions into RAM from the BIOS, which is stored in the ROM.
- The BIOS starts the monitor and keyboard, and does some basic checks to make sure the computer is working properly. ...
- The BIOS then starts the boot sequence.
