Boot.Ini and recovery Console
That is, the boot loader is stored on the "System Drive" and Windows itself is stored on the "Boot Drive". And the variable %SYSTEMDRIVE% points to where Windows is stored... And manipulating those pointers is one way to get a USB stick to boot and pass control to most of Windows that is typically stored in RAM.
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