What is Boot, Booting

and Bootable Devices?

BOOT, normally we use this word to
describe ‘startup’ in our computer system
and it can our computer’s bios or maybe our
system’s hard drive etc.
BOOT mainly refer to a self-starting
process of your computer which doesn’t
need any external input command to
perform itself.
 All About How Booting
Works:
In your computer system, the whole
booting process is performed by the chip
called BIOS Chip and this is the only
chip in your computer who is responsible
for the whole system startup process from
when you push the power button to the
operating system startup.
 Normally this booting process takes
around 10 seconds which involves
accomplishing a POST, finding and
preparing peripheral devices, and then
finding and loading an operating
system. The process of hibernating or
sleeping of your computer does not
involve booting.
 When you push the power button of
your computer, its boot’s the
motherboard’s BIOS Chip and after that,
your system bios starts a short time
POST service.
After when the power-on self-tests completes, the bios
typically looks to the CMOS chip to tell it, where to
find the Operating System, then CMOS look for the
appropriate boot drive to find the OS’s boot record and
when the CMOS found it,

the bios starts to load the boot loader

to starts your operating system.
 A Boot Loader is a computer program
which is responsible for managing and
starting an operating system software of
the computer after when the power-on
self-tests gets completed.
 Once the bios initialize the operating
system, it starts to copy its files into the
computer memory and after that, the
Operating System basically takes control
over the whole booting process.
 What Is Bootable Device?

In a computer language, a bootable device a storage

device where boot loader is located and have a free
access for your bios to compile it, in a normal language
a bootable device is a part of computer hardware that
can read or contains the files required for a computer
to start.
So, if you have a blank hard disk that doesn’t mean it is
bootable but when you installed an operating system in
it then it becomes bootable because now your bios can
read the boot loader files to make the OS’s or some
software to start.
RUFUS software - Bootable flash drive

1. Turn OFF any antivirus

2. Insert 8GB FLASH DRIVE in USB port of another Computer
unit/ Laptop
3. Right click RUFUS application, choose “RUN AS
ADMINISTRATOR”
4. Click “YES” to allow the software to open
5. RUFUS application open - Must show your flash drive name
and capacity
6. Choose “DISK OR ISO IMAGE” in BOOT SELECTION
7. SELECT prepared ISO FILE (operating system file)
8. In Partition SCHEME CHOOSE “MBR” to change the
TARGET SYSTEM to BIOS(or UEFI- CSM)
9. Click “START” to proceed in copying iso file to flash drive to
create bootable device.
NOTE: if there is a warning sign just click yes to format your
flash drive
10. wait until the process finish
8GB Flash drive is converted to bootable device
FORMAT COMPUTER UNIT/ INSTALL
NEW OPERATING SYSTEM
(WINDOWS 10)
 • Shutdown and Restart
• BOOT MENU -Press boot key for boot menu (keyboard key –
GIGABYTE (F12) / ASUS(F8)
 3. BOOT PRIORITIES
- 1st Boot option – as USB /removable USB drive
 4. SAVE UEFI- BIOS Settings
- Press F10 to save the 1st Boot option as USB /removable USB
drive
Windows 10 operating system – set up starting
5. Select language (ENGLISH), then click Next
6. Select the Operating system - Windows 10 version, then click
Next
7. Before installation of windows 10 to HDD drive of computer
unit, 1st Create partition
Choose Delete (delete the type of partition, and will it merge all
the partition of hdd)
8. Create partition by selecting NEW and APPLY (one drive has
created)
9. Install the Operating system - Windows 10 in Primary type
( with large HDD partition capacity), the click next
10. Installing Operating system - Windows 10 in Primary drive of
computer unit HDD
-wait until the computer stop in restarting,
-Eject the Flash drive once the 1st restart of computer end
 11. Installation of Operating system - Windows 10 is complete,
(type computer name, set up date, time zone, internet connection
-optional)

12. Activate Windows 10 using the activation key

 DriverPack – is a free driver updater too.
Used drivers pack to install all the driver’s application that suit to the
computer unit

1. Automatically scan all the

needed drivers
2. And choose all the initial
drivers for the computer unit.
3. After the installation the
computer unit need to restart
4. Test all the drivers
 List of drivers need to install and must be functional

1. Graphics card (change the appearance/

display of computer unit)
2. USB port (for keyboard,mouse, printer, 2.0,
3.0 version of USB port)
3. Ethernet (LAN port)
4. Sound, video and game controller port
5. Firmware
Thank you
for listening!
MS. RONALYN L. DOLOSA