Windows Vista Startup Process
The startup process of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is different from previous versions of Windows. (In this article, unless otherwise specified, "Windows Vista" refers to any of these operating systems.)
For Windows Vista, the boot sector loads the Windows Boot Manager (hidden system file BOOTMGR in the System Reserved Volume), which first looks for an active partition, then accesses the Boot Configuration Data store and uses the information to load the operating system.
Read more about Windows Vista Startup Process: Boot Configuration Data, Winload.exe
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