3. 1. What is the difference between a hard boot and soft boot?
4. Answer: -Hard Boot is turning the power of a computer on or off by the power button. -Soft Boot is using software to turn the computer on or off. (ctrl/alt/delete)
5. 2. What are the four main parts of the boot process?
6. Answer: 1. The startup BIOS runs the POST and assigns system resources. 2. The startup BIOS program searches for and loads an OS. 3. The OS configures the system and completes its own loading. 4. Application software is loaded and executed.
7. 3. What memory address is always assigned to the first instruction in the ROM BIOS startup program?
13. 6. List three types of information contained in a hard drive’s partition table.
14. Answer: 1- Map to the partitions on the hard drive. 2- Information about where each logical drive is located, where it starts and where it ends. 3- Which partition contain the drive to be used for booting. (the active partition)