1
Q
BOOTMGR
A
Windows Boot Manager bootstraps the system (starts the loading of an OS on the computer)
2
Q
BCD
A
Boot Configuration Data holds information about OSs installed (such as location of the OS files)
3
Q
Winload.exe
A
Loads operating system kernel (NTOSKRNL.exe)
4
Q
Winresume.exe
A
If system is not starting fresh/resuming previous system this is called by BOOTMGR
5
Q
NTOSKRNL.exe
A
Windows OS Kernel
6
Q
System files
A
Windows needs a number of files from system directory
Hardware abstraction layer (HAL.dll)
Session Manager (SMSS.exe)
User session (winlogon.exe)
Security subsystem (LSASS.exe)
