Windows NT boot process:
1. Run the power-up self-test (POST) program 2. BIOS read the first physical sector of the disk and load its image to the memory, then the BIOS passes the execution of the main boot sector to the image. 3. Loading the main boot record to memory, including disk partition tables and a small amount of executable code. Then, the main boot record finds the starting position of the active partition. 4. The boot sector of the active partition is loaded to memory and execute .5. From boot Sector loads and initializes NTLDR.6.ntldr to perform the appropriate small file system driver. Small file system driver is built in NTLDR, then you can read the FAT or NTFS.7.NTLDR to read the boot.ini file 8.ntlDr loading The selected operating system produces one of the following two: End .9.ntDetect.com Search hardware and send a hardware list to NTLDR to register 10.ntldr to load ntoskrnl.exe, hal.dll11.ntldr in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / HARDWARE, HAL.dll11.ntldr Retrieve system space and load the configured device driver, make it Start 12.ntldr when booting, passes control to ntoskrnl.exe, and the boot process ends
