1.3 - Done Flashcards
What is required in order to install an OS with a USB drive?
USB must be bootable
Computer must support booting from USB
True or False: CD-ROM and DVD-ROM is becoming a more popular option for installing an OS.
False, moving away from CD/DVD and towards USB drive.
What advantages does installing an OS through PXE provide?
You can perform a remote network installation without needing local installation media.
What is NetBoot?
macOS version of PXE. Gives macOS machines the ability to install OS’ through the network.
When it comes to installing OSes, what are SSD and HDs good for?
You can store many OS installation files and different kinds of OSes.
Describe the boot method: Internal Hard Drive (partition)
Different operating systems are stored in their own sections (partition) of a hard drive. You can boot a specific OS by accessing the specific section said OS is in.
Describe the type of OS installation: Unattended installation
You create a file called unattend.xml that contains the answers to the many prompts that occur during OS installation.
Describe the type of OS installation: In-place upgrade
Allows you to install a new version of the OS on-top of the current OS a user is using.
What is the main benefit of an in-place upgrade?
You get to keep your applications and data - you don’t have to manually move it over to the new OS.
Describe the type of OS installation: Clean install
User wipes the slate clean and reinstall a brand new version of OS. Once installation is complete, you must copy your files back (you can use a migration tool to help).
Describe the type of OS installation: image
Deploy a clone of the OS on every computer.
When would you want to use the imaging method of OS installation?
When you have tens, hundreds, or thousands of computers with similar hardware and similar configurations.
When would you want to use the “Repair Installation” OS installation method?
When you’re having issues with your Windows configuration and would like to reinstall the OS but keep all of your files and applications on the computer.
What is Multiboot used for?
When a user wants to run two or more operating systems from a single computer.
What is a recovery partition used for?
A hidden section of the drive that contains copies of the installation files
What type of installation is commonly paired with the recovery partition? Why?
Repair installation
So that you can run a repair/reinstall of Windows without needing the original Windows installation media
What does the Refresh/Restore option do?
Cleans things up
What is required in order to use the Refresh/Restore option?
Recovery partition
What are partitions also known as, especially within Microsoft’s nomenclatures?
Volumes
What is MBR?
Master Boot Record
An older OS that contains two different kinds of partitions.
What are the two different kinds of partitions for MBR?
Primary and Extended
What is Primary partitioning?
Partitions that are bootable by an OS. Each OS has a primary partition (up to 4). The “active” partition tells the computer what OS to boot from.
What is Extended partitioning?
Unbootable partition that separates data
It is used to extend the maximum number of partitions per hard disk.
True or False: Logical partitions are bootable.
False.
What does GPT stand for?
GUID Partition Table
What is the latest partition format standard?
GPT.
True or False: GPT partition style involves 128 primary and extended partitions.
False. Only primary partitions.
What is required if you want to use GPT?
UEFI BIOS or BIOS-compatibility mode.
What is basic disk storage?
Contain partitions that can’t span separate physical disks
What is dynamic disk storage?
Add multiple disks to create a large volume either through striping or mirroring.
Modern disk storage
What two types of file systems does Windows recognize?
FAT32 and NTFS
If you’re using CD/DVD ROM OS installation, what type of file system would you most commonly use?
CDFS (Compact Disk File System)
What type of file system is used with Linux OS?
ext3 and ext4
If you’re installing your OS across the network, what type of file system would you probably use?
NFS (Network File System)
If you’re installing a macOS, what type of file system would you probably use?
HFS+
What is Swap partition commonly used for?
Memory management within the OS.
What is the difference between a quick format and a full format?
Quick - Doesn’t erase existing data and doesn’t check drive to make sure it’s in working order
Full - Data becomes unrecoverable, but also checks for any bad sectors within the drive. Time consuming.
If the OS doesn’t recognize the controller that a storage device is plugged into, what would you use?
Third-party drivers
What is the difference between Workgroup and Domain setup?
Workgroup = Home Domain = Business
What will you need to do if you end up using hardware that isn’t immediately recognized by the installation software?
Manually install drivers, software, and windows updates either during or after OS installation.
True or False: It’s a good idea to create your own recovery partition if the OS installation doesn’t do it for you.
True
What is involved when preparing a drive for OS installation?
Backing up or removing pre-existing data
Testing to see if the hard drive has been formatted
Discovering what partitions are on the drive
Before installing an OS, what should we check? What are examples of things we should check?
Minimum OS requirements
Memory and disk space
What can you use to check to see if you have the minimum OS requirements for installation? What is this called in Windows 10?
Hardware compatibility check
Windows 10 Upgrade Checker
True or False: There is no need to check and see if your applications from an old OS are compatible with the new OS you’re wanting to install, because the old and new OS are from the same manufacturer.
False
Just because it’s from the same manufacturer, doesn’t mean the apps will be compatible on both OSes.
When it comes to OSes, what is the difference between upgrade and install?
Upgrade = Keep files in place
Install = Start over completely fresh
What two forms of media can you install and upgrade to your OS?
DVD-ROM and USB flash
True or False: With Windows, you can upgrade from a 32-bit to a 64-bit version, but you can’t upgrade from a x64 to a x86.
False, you can’t upgrade either way.
True or False: In order to change from x86 to x64 or vise versa in Windows, you must use a migration tool which copies off all of your data, installs the upgrade, then copies all of your data back onto the OS.
True.
