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== Computer booting basics ==

== Computer booting basics ==

: [[wikipedia:Booting|Booting]] is short for bootstrapping, or the process a computer goes through to load the operating system software to get the computer running on that operating system copy.

: [[wikipedia:Booting|Booting]] is short for bootstrapping, or the process a computer goes through to load the operating system software to get the computer running on that operating system copy.

====Changeable operating systems====

====Changing operating systems====

: Most computers have hardware (for example, central processing units, chips, disk drives, audio, video, and networking devices) that can work with changeable operating systems.  So a Microsoft Windows computer can be booted with a different operating system, like one of the GNU/Linux variations that Sugar is built on.

: Most computers have hardware (for example, central processing units, chips, disk drives, audio, video, and networking devices) that can work with other operating systems.  So a Microsoft Windows computer can be booted with a different operating system, like one of the GNU/Linux variations that Sugar is built on.

====Boot device recognition====

====Boot device recognition====

: When a computer is powered up, a short piece of software saved in the computer's [[wikipedia:firmware|firmware]] gives it instructions to look for instructions to load an operating system from one or another standard devices, such as hard disk drives or CD/DVD/USB/SD storage devices.

: When a computer is powered up, a short piece of software saved in the computer's [[wikipedia:firmware|firmware]] gives it instructions to look for instructions to load an operating system from one or another standard devices, such as hard disk drives or CD/DVD/USB/SD storage devices.