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BIOS

The BIOS is the first software that runs when a PC is powered on. It initializes hardware components and loads the operating system. The BIOS checks boot devices like the hard drive or USB in a set order to find and load the boot sector which hands over control to the operating system. It also allows configuring hardware settings and selecting boot device priorities through the BIOS options.

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BIOS

The BIOS is the first software that runs when a PC is powered on. It initializes hardware components and loads the operating system. The BIOS checks boot devices like the hard drive or USB in a set order to find and load the boot sector which hands over control to the operating system. It also allows configuring hardware settings and selecting boot device priorities through the BIOS options.

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BIOS

 Basic Input/Output System (BIOS):  is built into the PC


(Personal Computer) on ROM chip on motherboard and is
the first software run by a PC when powered on, The
fundamental purposes of the BIOS are to initialize and test
the computer hardware components, and to load the
operating system from the memory device. it's a way for
application programs and operating systems to connect
with the keyboard, display, and other input/output devices.
The BIOS boot process

• The address of the BIOS's memory is located such


that it will be executed when the computer is first
started up. the instruction then directs the processor
to start executing code in the BIOS, The BIOS then
locates boot loader software held on a storage device
designated as a 'boot device', such as a hard disk,
a floppy disk, CD, or DVD, and loads and executes
that software, giving it control of the PC
Boot devices

• The BIOS checks each device in order to see if it is


bootable. For a disk drive or a device that has a system
files, such as an USB Flash drive, CD, DVD,  to load the
first sector (boot sector) from the disk to memory
address,  if the sector does not found with the boot
files then the BIOS considers the disk unbootable and
proceeds to check the next device such as CD which is
defined by its option in BIOS, The BIOS proceeds to test
each device one by one until a bootable device is found,
 if no bootable device was found then the computer will
display the message which is hardware failure, or
system is not found, or any another message for
unbooting.
The BIOS options
• Configure hardware
• Set the system clock
• Enable or disable system components
• Select which devices are boot devices
• set the password for securing access to the
BIOS

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