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- B-trees, Indexing
- background activity priority, I/O Prioritization
- background application page priority, Page Priority and Rebalancing
- background priority mode, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps
- backing store, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Unified Caching, Stack Trashes
- backing up encrypted files, Backing Up Encrypted Files
- Backup and Restore utility, System File Corruption
- backup applications, VSS Architecture, Uses in Windows, Process Monitor–Process Monitor, Process Monitor
- file system filter drivers, Process Monitor–Process Monitor, Process Monitor
- shadow copies, Uses in Windows
- shadow copy service and, VSS Architecture
- backup components (VSS writers), VSS Operation
- bad clusters, Dynamic Bad-Cluster Remapping, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
- bad pages, PFN Data Structures, Memory Notification Events, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- Bad PFN state, Page Frame Number Database, Page Frame Number Database
- bad-cluster files (, Master File Table, Master File Table, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
- bad-sector remapping, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
- badmemoryaccess element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- badmemorylist element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BAD_POOL_CALLER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
- BAD_POOL_HEADER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
- balance set manager and swapper, Look-Aside Lists–Look-Aside Lists, Look-Aside Lists, Modified Page Writer, Working Set Management, Balance Set Manager and Swapper–System Working Sets, System Working Sets–Memory Notification Events, System Working Sets, Memory Notification Events
- look-aside lists, Look-Aside Lists–Look-Aside Lists, Look-Aside Lists
- page writer events, Modified Page Writer
- trimming working sets, Working Set Management
- working sets, Balance Set Manager and Swapper–System Working Sets, System Working Sets–Memory Notification Events, System Working Sets, Memory Notification Events
- balanced trees, Indexing
- bandwidth reservations, Opening Devices, Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
- Base Cryptographic Provider, Encrypting a File for the First Time
- base file records, Master File Table, Master File Table
- base LSNs, Logging Implementation
- base-log files, Log Layout, Resource Managers
- based sections, Section Objects
- basic disks, Volume Management, MBR-Style Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Basic Disk Volume Manager–Multipartition Volume Management, Multipartition Volume Management, The Mount Manager
- GUID partition table partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
- MBR-style partitioning, MBR-Style Partitioning
- multipartition volumes on, Volume Management
- registry information, The Mount Manager
- storage management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager–Multipartition Volume Management, Multipartition Volume Management
- volume manager, Basic Disk Volume Manager
- BAT files, Locking
- batch oplocks, Locking–Locking, Locking, Locking
- batching log records, Design
- baud rates, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, When There Is No Crash Dump
- baudrate element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BCD (Boot Configuration Database), Winload, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Key Recovery, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection, Address Windowing Extensions, Physical Address Extension (PAE), Physical Address Extension (PAE), BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process–The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Boot Sector Corruption–System Hive Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Hung or Unresponsive Systems
- BitLocker encryption, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Key Recovery
- BitLocker volumes, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
- boot application options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot process, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot volumes, Winload
- Bootmgr options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- corruption and startup issues, Boot Sector Corruption–System Hive Corruption, System Hive Corruption
- debug option, Hung or Unresponsive Systems
- increasing virtual memory, Address Windowing Extensions
- loading non-PAE kernel, No Execute Page Protection
- nolowmem option, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
- NVRAM code, The UEFI Boot Process–The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process
- nx values, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection
- pae options, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
- safe mode options, Driver Loading in Safe Mode
- Winload options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bcddevice element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BCDEdit tool, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BCD Misconfiguration, When There Is No Crash Dump
- bcdfilepath element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- binary buddy systems, The Low Fragmentation Heap
- BIOS, Basic Disks–GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Boot Process, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot–BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- BIOS vs. EFI, Boot Process
- boot process components, BIOS Preboot–BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot
- emulation code, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- partitioning, Basic Disks–GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
- passwords, BitLocker Drive Encryption
- preboot, BIOS Preboot
- BIOS boot sector, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
- BIOS-detected disk drives, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BitLocker, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Attaching VHDs–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process–BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, Full-Volume Encryption Driver–BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker To Go–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, Encryption, Crash Dump Generation
- BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
- boot process, BitLocker Boot Process–BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery
- Control Panel applet, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker To Go
- Crashdump Filter driver, Crash Dump Generation
- full-volume encryption driver, Full-Volume Encryption Driver–BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, BitLocker Management, Encryption
- management, BitLocker Management–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
- overview, BitLocker Drive Encryption
- storage management, Attaching VHDs–BitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Management, BitLocker To Go
- suspending, BitLocker Boot Process
- system volumes and, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
- Trusted Platform Module, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process
- BitLocker To Go, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker To Go, BitLocker To Go
- bitmap attributes, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Indexing
- bitmap files, Spanned Volumes, Image Randomization, Master File Table, Master File Table
- black screens, MBR Corruption
- blanket boosting, I/O Priority Inversion Avoidance (I/O Priority Inheritance)
- BLF (base-log file), Log Layout, Resource Managers
- block metadata randomization, Heap Security Features
- block offsets, Log Sequence Numbers
- block size, Unified Caching
- block-storage devices, iSCSI Drivers
- blocking, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination, The IoCompletion Object
- completion ports, The IoCompletion Object
- thread, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination
- blocks, Disk Sector Format, File Deletion and the Trim Command, Heap Manager Structure, Unified Caching, Booting from iSCSI
- block-level access, Booting from iSCSI
- core heap, Heap Manager Structure
- logical, Disk Sector Format
- store page size, Unified Caching
- updating sectors, File Deletion and the Trim Command
- Blu-ray drives, Storage Terminology, UDF
- Bluetooth, User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)
- body (IRPs), IRP Stack Locations
- boosting I/O priority, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps–Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O), I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
- boot applications, BCD and, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot code (MBR), BIOS Preboot
- boot data, BitLocker Drive Encryption, ReadyDrive
- boot device drivers, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot disks, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot drivers, Winload, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection
- boot process, Winload
- loading, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- loading failures, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- system code write protection, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection
- boot entropy values, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- boot files (, Master File Table
- boot graphics library, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- boot logging, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
- Boot Manager (Bootmgr), BitLocker Drive Encryption, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BCD options, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BitLocker code in, BitLocker Drive Encryption
- boot process tasks, BIOS Preboot
- options editor, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot parameter block (BPB), Master File Table
- boot partition paths, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- boot partitions, BIOS Preboot
- boot preloaded hives, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot process, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Key Recovery, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery, Boot Process–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot–The UEFI Boot Process, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, Booting from iSCSI, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, ReadyBoot–ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems–Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems–Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)–MBR Corruption, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)–MBR Corruption, Solving Common Boot Problems–Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, Boot Sector Corruption, System File Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
- BIOS boot sector and Bootmgr, BIOS Preboot–The UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
- BIOS preboot, Boot Process–The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- BitLocker, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, BitLocker Key Recovery
- changes to encrypted components, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- common boot problems, Solving Common Boot Problems–Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Boot Sector Corruption, System File Corruption, System Hive Corruption, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang, Post–Splash Screen Crash or Hang
- driver loading, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems–Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs
- iSCSI booting, Booting from iSCSI
- kernel and executive subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- last known good (LKG), Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems
- preboot process, BitLocker Boot Process
- ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot–ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot
- repairing installations, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)–MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption
- safe mode, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems–Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Boot Logging in Safe Mode, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- safe-mode-aware programs, Safe-Mode-Aware User Programs
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting Boot and Startup Problems, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- UEFI boot process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process, The UEFI Boot Process
- verification chain, encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)–BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process
- Windows Recovery Environment, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)–MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption, MBR Corruption
- boot sectors, Local FSDs, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, BIOS Preboot
- defined, BIOS Preboot
- duplicated, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
- file system drivers and, Local FSDs
- boot status files (bootstat.dat), Mirrored Volumes, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- boot traces, Logical Prefetcher
- boot video driver (Bootvid.dll), BIOS Preboot, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- boot volumes, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning–LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Mirrored Volumes, BitLocker Drive Encryption, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
- encrypting, BitLocker Drive Encryption
- loading process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr–The UEFI Boot Process, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The UEFI Boot Process
- mirroring, Mirrored Volumes
- partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning–LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning
- boot-sector code, Encryption Keys, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot-selection menu, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- boot-start (0) value, The Start Value, The Start Value
- boot-start drivers, Device Enumeration, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- boot-time caching (ReadyBoot), ReadyBoot–ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot, ReadyBoot
- bootable partitions, MBR-Style Partitioning
- bootdebug element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bootems element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bootlog element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bootlog option, Boot Logging in Safe Mode–Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- bootrec command, MBR Corruption, Boot Sector Corruption, System Hive Corruption
- bootsequence element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bootstatuspolicy element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bootstrap data, Master File Table, Master File Table
- bootux element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- bottom dirty page threshold, Write Throttling
- bound traps, 0x7F - UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
- boundary operations, Driver Verifier
- break on symbol load option, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- breaking into hung systems, Hung or Unresponsive Systems–When There Is No Crash Dump, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, When There Is No Crash Dump
- breakpoints, Copy-on-Write, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, 0x8E - KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
- copy-on-write process and, Copy-on-Write
- drivers compiled in debug environment, 0x8E - KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
- HAL initialization, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- broken oplocks, Locking
- BTG (BitLocker To Go), BitLocker To Go
- bucket IDs (crash analysis), Online Crash Analysis
- buckets, The Low Fragmentation Heap, The Low Fragmentation Heap
- buffer overflows, Process Monitor Troubleshooting Techniques, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
- buffer overruns, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Stack Trashes, Stack Trashes
- buffer underruns, Pageheap, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Stack Trashes, Stack Trashes
- buffered I/O, IRP Stack Locations, IRP Buffer Management
- buffers and buffer management, The I/O Manager, Scatter/Gather I/O, IRP Buffer Management–I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, Look-Aside Lists, Unified Caching, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces, Read-Ahead and Write-Behind, Explicit File I/O, Marshalling, Compression and Sparse Files, Compression and Sparse Files, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
- DMA and caching, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces
- FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag, Read-Ahead and Write-Behind
- I/O manager, The I/O Manager
- invalid, Explicit File I/O
- IRPs, IRP Buffer Management–I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver
- look-aside lists, Look-Aside Lists
- mapping and pinning interfaces, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces
- marshalling log records, Marshalling
- pool-tracking structures, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
- scatter/gather I/O, Scatter/Gather I/O
- sparse files, Compression and Sparse Files, Compression and Sparse Files
- stores, Unified Caching
- bugcheck callbacks, The Blue Screen
- Bugcodes.h file, The Blue Screen
- BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
- bugs, No Execute Page Protection–Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write
- bumps (I/O priority), I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps–Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O), Bandwidth Reservation (Scheduled File I/O)
- burnmemory boot option, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
- bus drivers, Layered Drivers, KMDF Data Model, The Plug and Play (PnP) Manager–The Power Manager, Level of Plug and Play Support–Driver Support for Plug and Play, Driver Support for Plug and Play, The Power Manager, Power Manager Operation
- KMDF IRP processing, KMDF Data Model
- PnP manager, The Plug and Play (PnP) Manager–The Power Manager, Level of Plug and Play Support–Driver Support for Plug and Play, Driver Support for Plug and Play, The Power Manager
- power states, Power Manager Operation
- role in I/O, Layered Drivers
- bus filter drivers, Fast I/O, Device Stacks
- bus filters, WDM Drivers
- busparams element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
- busy thresholds (processors), Thresholds and Policy Settings, Thresholds and Policy Settings, Performance Check
- byte offsets, Spanned Volumes, x86 Virtual Address Translation, Byte Within Page, Physical Address Extension (PAE)