You were working on your computer and everything suddenly froze without any error message. During the reboot of the computer, this message appeared: “Boot device not available.” What is the most likely cause of this message?
One of your computers has hung in the middle of saving a large spreadsheet. When rebooting the PC, the BIOS screen hangs and a clicking noise is heard from inside of the computer. What is the most likely cause of the problem?
During the boot process, the BIOS is responsible for looking at the storage device inside of the computer to find a bootable partition. Where does the BIOS find this information?
What kind of software tool boots to a standalone operating system and is usually focused around providing specific functionality such as diagnostics or troubleshooting?
During the installation process, Windows writes a portion of the boot instructions to the first sector of the hard drive in the system. What is this area of boot information called?
You want to use a new boot CD-ROM to run some diagnostics on a computer, but the system is configured to boot from the hard drive instead of the CD-ROM drive. What will allow you to manage the order of the boot drives?
During the boot process of your computer, the system beeps loudly a few times and no text ever displays on the monitor. What is the most likely reason for this issue?
The boot process of a computer goes through many processes before it is ready for user interaction. What part of this boot process performs a comprehensive check of the computer’s hardware?
You would like to use a LiveCD to assist with hard drive diagnostics. The LiveCD is in the CD-ROM drive, but the system boots the normal hard drive operating system when powering up. What’s the most likely reason that the LiveCD doesn’t work?
