Windows Internals, Part 2, 6th Edition

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals—and see how core components work behind the scenes. Led by three renowned internals experts, this classic guide is fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2—and now presents its coverage in two volumes.

As always, you get critical insider perspectives on how Windows operates. And through hands-on experiments, you’ll experience its internal behavior firsthand—knowledge you can apply to improve application design, debugging, system performance, and support.

In Part 2, you’ll examine:

• Core subsystems for I/O, storage, memory management, cache manager, and file systems
• Startup and shutdown processes
• Crash-dump analysis, including troubleshooting tools and techniques

Table of Contents
Chapter 8. I/O System
Chapter 9. Storage Management
Chapter 10. Memory Management
Chapter 11. Cache Manager
Chapter 12. File Systems
Chapter 13. Startup and Shutdown
Chapter 14. Crash Dump Analysis

Appendix. Contents of Windows Internals, Sixth Edition, Part 1

Book Details

• Paperback: 674 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 6th Edition (September 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735665877
• ISBN-13: 978-0735665873