NTLDR
Sign in to saveNTLDR (abbreviation of NT loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Windows NT from 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1 up until Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. From Windows Vista onwards it is replaced by Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR).
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- boot.ini
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NTLDR (abbreviation of NT loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Windows NT from 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1 up until Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. From Windows Vista onwards it is replaced by Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR).
NTLDR is typically run from the primary storage device, but it can also run from portable storage devices such as a CD-ROM, USB flash drive, or floppy disk. NTLDR can also load a non NT-based operating system given the appropriate boot sector in a file.