

The boot loaders reside in each Windows partition. It displays the boot menu, loads the selected system-specific boot loader, and passes the boot parameters to the boot loader. When a computer with multiple boot entries includes at least one entry for Windows, the Windows Boot Manager, starts the system and interacts with the user. In this configuration, the Windows Boot Manager is generic and unaware of the specific requirements for each operating system while the system-specific boot loaders are optimized for the system that they load. Windows includes boot loader components that are designed to load Windows quickly and securely. As an alternative, use the System Configuration utility (MSConfig.exe) to change boot settings. Changing some boot entry options using BCDEdit could render your computer inoperable. This is done by Boot Loader.Administrative privileges are required to use BCDEdit to modify BCD. A Boot Manager does not load Operating System directly on its own. Once the “to-be-loaded” Operating System is selected, Boot Manager loads the Boot Loader and passes control to it. You may also recollect that timer which when runs out of time, automatically selects the default Operating System.

The task of the Boot Manager is to ask users which Operating System they want to load into the machine or choose the default if not selected specifically. If you have ever installed more than one operating system on your machine you may be getting grip on this topic. It allows us to select the operating system to be loaded from the available systems on the machine. In a multi-boot system, Boot Manager is the program that runs at the very first in the booting process. Boot Manager is the program that manages the available “bootable” Operating Systems. Further, it also loads the Bootloader to perform the actual loading of the Operating System. It is primarily responsible for selecting the Operating System to be loaded from multiple available options. Boot Manager:Ī Boot Manager is a software program that is responsible for the management of the booting process of the computer. In this article, we are going to briefly have a look at what a Bootloader and Boot Manager is. The Boot Loader and Boot Manager are one of the most important concepts of operating systems that on their own define how and which operating system(s) is(are) going to be loaded.

