boot order

i always found it hard to remember the boot order, but found it easier to remember when i was informed of two hints:

1) ymca

2) i'm confused commented alice

the first is, of course, a famous song by village people and is actually the one i remember better, as i just find the song amusing.

swap the "y" for an "i" and you get:

I = IO.SYS; M = MSDOS.SYS; C = CONFIG.SYS then COMMAND.COM; A = AUTOEXEC.BAT

the "alice" line breaks up thus i(o.sys)'m(sdos.sys) con(fig.sys)fused comm(and.com)ented a(utoexec.bat)lice

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Cross

I have to say that's an interesting catch.
Effective also for rememberng the boot order

Pavlov

That's exactly how I remembered it when I was studying for the A+ tests.

svyang

You can make it easier to remember by understanding that:

1) IO.SYS is your system basic drivers for any pc.
2) MSDOS.SYS is what's loading the command.com
3) CoMMAND.COM is required to interprete DOS COMMAND.
4)CONFIG.SYs is what loads the drivers
5)AUTOEXEC.bat is what loads into memory TSR, and that it is the last file.

Webmaster

1) IO.SYS is your system basic drivers for any pc.
2) MSDOS.SYS is what's loading the command.com
3) CoMMAND.COM is required to interprete DOS COMMAND.
4)CONFIG.SYs is what loads the drivers
5)AUTOEXEC.bat is what loads into memory TSR, and that it is the last file.

That actually doesn't make is easier, you got them in the wrong order.

Config.sys is processed before Command.com is loaded.

Antiochman

Thanks for the YMCA suggestion, that is really usefull and I am sure that it help me remember the correct boot order as well as helping a lot of other people remember.

jchurst

As the Beatles said in the song "do you want to know a secret"? You don't have to Memorize the boot sequence, just count the letters in each word IO.SYS =2, MSDOS.SYS=5, CONFIG.SYS=6, COMMAND.COM =7, AUTOEXEC.bat =8. Or,
1. IO= 2
2. MSDOS 5
3. CONFIG 6
4. COMMAND 7
5. AUTOEXEC 8

It's really not Rocket Science, just a natural Phenomenon. I don't even think Microsoft planned it that way.

Webmaster

Nice one jchurst!

gmdepp

I like to use I'M CONfident I'll COMMAND an A+

I = IO.SYS; M = MSDOS.SYS; CON = CONFIG.SYS then COMMAND.COM; A = AUTOEXEC.BAT

jonathan_hebert

All of these suggestions are awesome. Thanks to everyone for sharing!

Orion82698

Damn... these are good. I wish I would have had them for my test... I used flash cards

Family_Guy

Quite a helpful thread.

Plantwiz

jchurst1 wrote:

As the Beatles said in the song "do you want to know a secret"? You don't have to Memorize the boot sequence, just count the letters in each word IO.SYS =2, MSDOS.SYS=5, CONFIG.SYS=6, COMMAND.COM =7, AUTOEXEC.bat =8. Or,
1. IO= 2
2. MSDOS 5
3. CONFIG 6
4. COMMAND 7
5. AUTOEXEC 8
It's really not Rocket Science, just a natural Phenomenon. I don't even think Microsoft planned it that way.

Sounds familar, but this one completely slipped my mind....GREAT POST

ivnj

These are awsome thankyou.

But is this for 98 or 2000/XP?

Thanks,
ivnj

ivnj

Or I just thought of one.

IMCA = I M Confused Completely.

io.sys, msdos.sys, config.sys, Command.com

And by process of elimination the A for autoexec.bat is the only one left.

Thanks,
ivnj

7255carl

HI THERE,
I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS REMEMBERING THAT FOR A WEEK OR SO, WHAT A GREAT TIP

THANKS : )