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What test does startup BIOS perform when you first turn on a computer to verify it can communicate w/essential hardware devices?
POST (power-on self test)
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Where is the partition table on a hard drive found?
On the first sector of the hard drive, called the MBR/master boot record.
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Is the BootMgr stored in the boot partition or the system partition?
On root directory of system partition (C:\)
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Where is the master boot record (MBR) located?
On the first sector of the hard drive
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What is the name of the Windows 7 boot loader program? Where is the program located?
Windows Boot Loader (WinLoad.exe) stored in the C:\Windows\System32 folder
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What is the name of the Windows 7 kernel program?
Ntoskrnl.exe
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Name program that manages Win Logon
Winlogon.exe
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Which registry hive loaded 1st during Win startup?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SYSTEM\Services
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Where does Win store device driver files?
- C:\Windows\System32\Drivers
- they have an .exe, .dil, .sys file extension
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During Win & startup, how can you know when the Win kernel has loaded successfully?
When you see the flag or progress bar, you know Win has loaded successfully.
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When is the Windows startup process completed?
When the Windows desktop appears and the wait circle disappears
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What command in Windows RE gives you the opportunity to manage partitions and volumes installed on the system?
Diskpart
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Which log in Event Viewer only tracks errors and warnings?
Administrative Events Log
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If you are having a problem with a driver, which of the following is the least invasive solution: update the driver or use System Restore?
Update the driver
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At what point in Windows startup are the settings that are called the Last Known Good Configuration saved?
Each time the user successfully logs on
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What command in Windows RE can you use to rebuild the BCD file?
Bootrec
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What is the name of the log file and its location that were created when you enabled boot logging from the Advanced Boot Options startup menu?
C:\Windows Ntbtlog.txt
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What information is contained in the C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\SRT\SRTTrail.txt file?
A log file containing a list of items and actions taken by Startup Repair
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If you are having a problem with a driver, which of the following is the least invasive solution: update the driver or use System Restore?
Update the driver
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List, describe, & explain when use ea of these options.
- Startup repair-looks for most likely stuff to go wrong during boot up process
- Windows Memory Diagnostic- Doesn’t do a lot of changing, use if memory is suspected as problem
- System restore- use if you need to roll back to previously saved restore point
- Command prompt- Use to run chkdsk (with /r parameter) or restore a corrupted registry from backup
- System Image Recovery- last resort, restores entire Windows volume to this image; everything on the Windows volume will be erased and replaced
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3 Stages if Win7 / Vista strtup prcss?
a. Startup Bios- turns control over to MBR program stored in first sector of the hard drive
b. MBR searches system partition table, looking for active partition, finds it and loads Windows Boot Manager
c. Boot Mgr reads settings in BCD ( Boot Configuration Data file) and loads Windows Boot Loader.
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27: List the five RE options in the order in which the textbook recommends using them, and explain why the textbook recommends this order:
- The book lists these in order of least intrusive ways to repair your system:
- Startup Repair This can sometimes repair startup problems caused by corrupted or missing system files.
- Windows Memory Diagnostic Use when you suspect the memory module is corrupted
- System Restore Used to restore to previously saved restore point. Can sometimes fix a problem with corrupted Windows settings, corrupted device drivers, and corrupted programs.
- Command Prompt Use if you suspect the hard drive is corrupted, open command prompt window and use Chkdsk with the /r parameter. Registry keys can be restored, once they have been properly backed up.
- System Image Recovery Use as last resort to restore the entire Windows volumes to this image; make every attempt to backup any data files from the hard drive.
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30: What happens if you press the spacebar while Windows is booting?
The Windows Boot Manager screen appears
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Startup Bios turns control over to MBR program stored in first sector of the hard drive
- MBR searches system partition table, looking for active partition, finds it and loads Windows Boot Manager
- Boot Mgr reads settings in BCD (Boot Configuration Data file) and loads Windows Boot Loader.
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* Computer doesn't seem to have power
Verify power supply, checking connections and switches
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* Error message appears before Windows starts
Restart the system, while listening carefully for beeps, count the number of beeps, then look up (counted beeps) on the motherboard's Manufacture website
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* Startup BIOS can't find hard drive
- Check BIOS setup, verify BIOS detects the drive correctly
- Check Auto detection setting
- Check power and data cable to hard drive
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* Blank screen
try rebooting system
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* Startup BIOS can find hard drive, but can't read it or can't find required files
- Press F8
- Select Advanced Boot Options Menu
- In Boot Sequence, make sure DVD drive is selected before the Hard drive, then boot from Windows setup DVD
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* Can't boot from Windows setup DVD
- Study error message & try to solve with DVD drive first.
- If USB drive is working, try booting from there
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*Windows RE can's find Windows
- Installation
- Select Repair your computer and attempt to launch Windows RE.
- If Windows RE can't launch from hard drive, but BIOS still recognizes hard drive, the drive partitions and system files might be corrupted.
- After trying each item in this list, reboot the system to verify if system has been corrected:
- Run Startup Recovery, System Restore, Restart system & press F8 to select Advanced Boot Options Menu.
- If this menu doesn't appear, it could be a corrupted Boot sector.
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What are the indications that startup BIOS can't find the hard drive?
- When these messages are displayed:
- No boot device available
- Fixed disk error.
- Hard drive not found.
- Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.
- No boot device available.
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34: What are the indications that startup BIOS can find the hard drive, but can't find the required files?
disk read error ocurred, drive not recognized, inaccessible boot device, invalid boot disk, invalid partition table, invalid drive specification
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