6.6. Getting an A+
This chapter examines the process undertaken by the software on your computer during the boot process. The basic boot process for both Windows XP and Windows Vista computers is discussed, as well as the differences between them.
Key points that you should remember about this chapter are
Virtual memory is managed by the Virtual Memory Manager, which presents a 4GB address space to applications on the system.
Virtual memory is made up of physical RAM and hard drive space in the form of a swap file or paging file.
The Windows XP and Windows Vista boot process uses the ntldr, ntbootdd.sys, ntdetect.com, bootmgr, BCD, winload.exe, and boot.ini files.
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