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The command is used to configure, query, or change Boot.ini file settings. [2] A similar command exists in the Recovery Console for repairing or rebuilding boot configuration files. [1] [3] Though NTLDR and boot.ini are no longer used to boot Windows Vista and later versions of
Format always writes a BIOS Parameter Block to the first sector, with or without the /S option. Another option (/Q) allows for what Microsoft calls "Quick Format". With this option the command will not perform steps 2 and 3 above. [citation needed] Format /Q does not alter data previously written to the media.
SYS will also copy the command line shell (COMMAND.COM) into the root directory. [6] The command can be applied to hard drives and floppy disks to repair or create a boot sector. Although an article on Microsoft's website says the SYS command was introduced in MS-DOS version 2.0, [7] this is incorrect.
In Windows NT, the booting process is initiated by NTLDR in versions before Vista and the Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) in Vista and later. [4] The boot loader is responsible for accessing the file system on the boot drive, starting ntoskrnl.exe, and loading boot-time device drivers into memory.
The last modification date stamp (and with DELWATCH 2.0+ also the file deletion date stamp, and since DOS 7.0+ optionally also the last access date stamp and creation date stamp), are stored in the directory entry with the year represented as an unsigned seven bit number (0–127), relative to 1980, and thereby unable to indicate any dates in ...
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It replaced the NTLDR present in older versions of Windows. The boot sector or UEFI loads the Windows Boot Manager (a file named BOOTMGR on either the system or the boot partition), accesses the Boot Configuration Data store and uses the information to load the operating system through winload.exe or winresume.exe. [2]
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