What is Booting?

In this post you will learn what is Booting and types of Booting. In computing, booting is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. A boot sequence is the set of operations the computer performs when it is switched on which load an operating system. Everything that happens between the times the computer switched on and it is ready to accept commands/input from the user is known as booting.

The process of reading disk blocks from the starting of the system disk (which contains the

Operating System) and executing the code within the bootstrap. This will read further information off the disk to bring the whole operating system online. Device drivers are contained within the bootstrap code that support all the locally attached peripheral devices and if the computer is connected to a network, the operating system will transfer to the Network Operating system for the "client" to log onto a server The Process of loading a computer memory with instructions needed for the computer to operate.The process and functions that a computer goes through when it first starts up, ending in the proper and complete loading of the Operating System. The sequence of computer operations

from power-up until the system is ready for use

COLD BOOTING:

The cold booting is the situation, when all the computer peripherals are OFF and we start the

computer by switching ON the power.

WARM BOOTING:

The warm booting is the situation, when we restart the computer by pressing the RESET button

and pressing CTRL+ ALT + DEL keys together.