Screenshot before windows starts: without another computer?

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Published on 2010-04-09T01:56:09Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 2:03 UTC
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I'm pretty sure that this must have been asked before, but haven't found a duplicate question, thus I shall ask again...

Is it possible to take a screenshot of my computer before the OS boots up WITHOUT an external computer or virtualization software like VMWare?? e.g. at the BIOS, or the "Windows is Loading" screen, even at the login screen?

Is it possible to take screenshots of BSODs as well?

EDIT: I'm using a desktop pc running Windows 7 Ultimate in a home environment.

Thanks.

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