Which program is the oot loader?when Windows XP starts up?Which program is the ?oot loader?when Windows XP starts up?

The correct answer is B. NTLDR. NTLDR (NT Loader) is the boot loader used by Windows XP (and earlier Windows NT-based systems like 2000 and 2003). It is located in the root of the system partition and is responsible for loading the operating system after the BIOS hands off control. KERNEL.EXE and LOADER do…

Submitted by hans_de· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

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AKERNEL.EXE
BNTLDR
CLOADER
DLILO

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NTLDR (NT Loader) is the boot loader used by Windows XP (and earlier Windows NT-based systems like 2000 and 2003). It is located in the root of the system partition and is responsible for loading the operating system after the BIOS hands off control. KERNEL.EXE and LOADER do not exist as real Windows components. LILO (Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux systems. In later Windows versions (Vista and beyond), NTLDR was replaced by BOOTMGR.

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#Windows Boot Process#Boot Loader#NTLDR#Operating Systems

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