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killzone · Post by **killzone** » 12 Jan 2007, 19:16

out of curiosity are there any files that windows uses while booting but does no longer use once it has booted. like files that are crucial to booting but not crucial to normally using the OS?

Post by **bad_brain** » 18 Jan 2007, 12:27

ntldr.exe // is the bootloader
boot.ini //contains boot options
ntdetect.com //detects the hardware during bootup
ntbootdd.sys //initialize SCSI devices (if available)
ntoskernel.exe //initializes the kernel modules and drivers
smss.exe //loads the services

umm...there are most likely more, but those are all I remember at the moment...

killzone · Post by **killzone** » 28 Jan 2007, 21:34

where does windows keep these files

Post by **bad_brain** » 29 Jan 2007, 06:14

ntldr and most of the others are in C:\
ntoskernel is in C:\WINDOWS\system32

make sure to enable the option to show hidden files...

killzone · Post by **killzone** » 30 Jan 2007, 15:44

if these files where deleted windows would not boot then??

p99 · Post by **p99** » 30 Jan 2007, 22:15

The best way would to be to get a machine to test it on. Just make sure you don't have anything to lose.

Delete > reboot. You'll know within 2 minutes.