1. Controls the order in which the PC looks at the drives for bootable information. 2. Is an essential component of the motherboard. 3. Also known as System BIOS. 4. Configures hard drives, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drive. 5. Menu that allows you to change the various I/O devices.
1 It looks for the operating system stored on your hard drive and loads it into the RAM. The BIOS then transfers control to the operating system, and with that, your computer has now completed the startup sequence.
