You’re performing a fresh installation of Windows 7 on an older Windows XP Professional desktop PC, but the Windows 7 installation media won’t boot from the DVD-ROM drive and always boots Windows XP normally. The Windows 7 DVD-ROM boots properly on other computers in the office. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
You’ve made some changes to your Windows XP boot.ini file, but now your system will not boot at all. What program can you use to rebuild your boot.ini file?
You would like to configure the boot order of your computer to allow boot DVDs and boot USB flash memory sticks, but you don’t want to boot from the network unless the hard drive was missing or unbootable. Which of these boot orders would be an appropriate configuration for your PC? Pick two.
You would like to add a password that would prevent a PC from booting unless the correct password was entered. What kind of password is this?
Viruses and malware can cripple a computer and cause significant downtime while the system is cleaned. In this video, you’ll learn how to identify malware, quarantine a computer, remediate the infected system, maintain anti-virus software, and much more.
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Understanding the error message from your computer can be an important step to resolving the issue. In this video, you’ll learn how to troubleshoot and resolve boot errors, resolve operating system startup problems, and gather information using the Windows Event Viewer.
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One of your clients has deleted a critical system file from the Windows boot partition, and now the operating system won’t start. Which of these options provides you with the best method to replace the files?
When starting your computer, you receive the message “No boot device available – strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup.” What might cause this error? Pick two.
You’re working on a Windows XP system that is having problems booting, and you’d like to use the Windows XP Recovery Console to copy over some new files. Unfortunately, you’ve not configured Windows XP to use the Recovery Console as one of your startup options. What disk will you need to start the Recovery Console?
Even before Windows starts, there are many options during the boot process. In this video module, you’ll learn how to configure the BIOS, use Safe Mode, and repair your computer with system recovery disks and the Windows Recovery Console.
