Unit 13 Chpt 15 Troubleshooting_Windows_Startup

Zach wants to install Windows 10 over his existing copy of Windows 10. He wants to keep his personal files, apps, and Windows settings. He currently has a USB drive with a Windows 10 ISO. What type of installation will you recommend for Zach?

• Custom installation

• Repair upgrade

• Network installation

• In-place upgrade

Under the Advanced Options screen, what startup option should be enabled in order to view what did and did not load during the bootup?

• Event Viewer

• Boot Logging

• Safe Mode with Networking

• Windows Boot Manager

There is no option for networking access when using Safe Mode.

• True

• False

Sara installed Windows 10 for the first time on her computer. During the installation process, she noticed that a new system partition called ESP partition was created. Sara cannot access this new partition to see what it contains. What can you tell Sara about the ESP partition?

• It was created by GPT to store Windows boot and startup files.

• It was created by GPT to store Windows OS files.

• It was created by the MBR to store Windows boot and startup files.

• It was created by Windows to store the Windows OS files.

Today you turned on your computer after being on vacation for a week. You see spinning white dots on a black screen. You decide that an update might be installing, so you allow the computer to work for approximately 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, you turn off your computer and then restart it, and it fails two more times. What tool should you use first to help repair your computer?

• Use BIOS to see if the hard drive is available.

• Use Startup Repair.

• Run sfc /scannow for Windows RE command prompt.

• Use Safe Mode to boot.

Where is the Windows system registry hive?

• C:\Windows\reg

• C:\Windows\settings\config

• C:\Windows\etc\hive

• C:\Windows\System32\Config

What is responsible for getting a system up and going and finding an OS to load?

• Windows Boot Loader

• Startup BIOS

• Setup BIOS

• BootMgr

In order to remove any partition or volume information from a selected disk, what diskpart command should be used?

• format

• select partition

• clean

• create partition primary

The Advanced Boot Options menu appears when a user presses F8 as Windows is loading.

• True

• False

If you suspect corrupted system files are causing issues, what command can be run to search for and replace the corrupted files?

• chkdsk /scannow

• sfc /scannow

• sfc /r

• chkdsk /r