Hunters

My argument is that the act of switching on a computer creates or writes a file.

http://www.tecks.co.uk/bootup.pdf

When the x86 processor is reset, it loads its program counter with a fixed address near the top of the 1 megabyte real-mode address space. The address of the BIOS's memory is located such that it will be executed when the computer is first started up. A jump instruction then directs the processor to start executing code in the BIOS. If the system has just been powered up or the reset button was pressed ("cold boot"), the full power-on self-test (POST) is run. If Ctrl+Alt+Delete was initiated ("warm boot"), a special flag value is detected in Nonvolatile memory (NVRAM) and the BIOS does not run the POST. This saves the time otherwise used to detect and test all memory. The NVRAM is in the real-time clock (RTC).

The power-on self-test tests, identifies, and initializes system devices such as the CPU, RAM, interrupt and DMA controllers and other parts of the chipset, video display card, keyboard, hard disk drive, optical disc drive and other basic hardware. The BIOS then locates boot loader software held on a storage device designated as a 'boot device', such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, CD, or DVD, and loads and executes that software, giving it control of the PC.^[8] This process is known as booting, or booting up, which is short for "bootstrapping".