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ToolTip: BootRacer

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:51:23 +0000

When Microsoft developed Windows 7 a dedicated team was assigned to focus on startup performance. For details, read the Engineering Windows 7 – Boot Performance blog post. So what about your startup performance? . My colleague Rudi vanden Dries has been using a utility called BootRacer since a few months which provides a simple way of measuring system startup performance.

Documentation, Download details and a short demonstration video can be found here

Boot from VHD in Windows 7 video

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:16:43 +0000

In this video Jeremy Chapman senior product manager from the Microsoft enterprise product management team talks about booting from VHD as well as some of the new imaging features.

By the way, note that when booting Windows 7 from a VHD file you cannot use Windows Bitlocker or the Advanced Power Management features. Hibernation mode is also not supported.

The Boot from VHD in Win7 video is published here.

Additional information around native VHD support in Windows 7 can be found in this blog post.

What happens before the OS loads

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:12:02 +0000

Ever wondered what actually happens when you turn on your PC before it loads the operating system ? Watch this video with Jamie Schwartz, Development Lead, Windows Kernel Dev team, and Andrew Ritz, Development Manager, Windows Kernel Dev team.

Windows Vista PreOS Environment: What happens before the OS loads