What is the Booting Process?
Booting is the process of starting or resetting the computer when the user turns the system on. The process includes getting both the hardware and software ready and running. The booting process is of two types: Cold booting: The process happening when we first turn on the computer. Also called as hard boot, this happens when user completely cuts the power supply to the system. Warm booting is the process happening when we reset the computer. In this process, the user restarts the system via operating system. During the process of booting, the computer loads the operating system to its memory or RAM and prepares it for use. During initialization, the system switches on the BIOS and loads it onto the ROM. BIOS stores the first instruction, which is the command to perform the power-on self-test (POST). Under POST, the system checks the BIOS chip and CMOS RAM. If the POST detects no battery failure, it continues to start other parts of the CP...