The Best Damn Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Book Period

Chapter 12. Windows, Linux, and Macintosh Boot Processes

Solutions in this chapter:

• The Boot Process

• The Macintosh Boot Process

• Macintosh Forensic Software

	Summary
	Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

In this chapter we will look at the startup process that most computers go through and how the fundamental operating systems get loaded and started. You will see that computers start with tiny steps that build on each other, getting larger until the entire system is loaded and running. Only then can you, the end user, issue commands that the computer interprets ...