Boot Process

The boot process has several distinct steps, each of which provides different services, driver models, and requirements. The full Windows 95 boot sequence can be broken down as follows:

1. BIOS Bootstrap

2. MS-DOS Configuration Management Pre-Config.Sys

3. Process Config.Sys and Autoexec.Bat

4. VMM32 Real Mode Loader

5. Pre-Sys_Critical_Init Processing

6. VxD Initialization

7. Windows GUI Driver Initialization

8. (Post-boot) Dynamic Events