2007-03-28 05:41:38 · 5 answers · asked by nate 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
When a computer is powered on, data from the hard drive is loaded into RAM so the processor can execute the code in memory.
The BIOS code in ROM is ran when first powered on to tell the processor to fetch the data from the Hard drive.
see BIOS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS
2007-03-28 05:50:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instructions in a computer program read data from the disk into an area of RAM used by the program. Windows takes over to handle the data transfer. Normally, the instructions will be passed to the disk controller and Windows or a program can run other things whilst the controller transfers the data to RAM. That is known as Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode.
2007-03-28 13:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by ROY L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
data need for files or programs run in RAM (Random Access Memory) and are put into RAM when needed/called for by the program...
2007-03-28 12:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by ssmith4007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with a paging file located on the hard drive
2007-03-28 12:44:44 · answer #4 · answered by ulayhere 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taking a test? get off the cell........
2007-03-28 12:44:02 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋