Files Used in the Windows 2000 Boot Process

File	Location	Boot stage
Ntldr	System partition root (C:\ )	Preboot and boot
Boot.ini	System partition root	Boot
Bootsect.dos	System partition root	Boot (optional)
Ntdetect.com	System partition root	Boot
Ntbootdd.sys	System partition root	Boot (optional)
Ntoskrnl.exe	systemroot\System32	Kernel load
Hal.dll	systemroot\System32	Kernel load
System	systemroot\System32\Config	Kernel initialization
Device drivers (*.sys)	systemroot\System32\Drivers	Kernel initialization