1.9 Windows Installation

Question 1

Clean installation

Answer 1

OS installed onto a new computer; all data, user settings and programs deleted

Question 2

In-place upgrade

Answer 2

Changes current OS into new OS; does not affect data, apps, user settings

Question 3

Attended installation

Answer 3

Requires a system admin to be present

Question 4

When would you use an unattended installation?

Answer 4

When multiple machines need the installation

Question 5

Image deployment

Answer 5

Copies an image file of a hard drive onto the new system (stored on DVD or USB)

Question 6

Remote network installation

Answer 6

The image is sent over the network

Question 7

List the considerations of the system requirements when upgrading

Answer 7

• Hardware compatibility
• Application support
• Backup files and user preferences
• Third-party drivers

Question 8

How do the hardware requirements change between Windows 10 and Windows 11?

Answer 8

They are doubled

Question 9

Which app should you run before performing an in-place upgrade?

Answer 9

PC Health Check app

Question 10

Define the three phases of the product lifestyle

Answer 10

Mainstream support - Every version of the OS for min. 5 years
Extended support - Can extend to an additional 3-5 years
End of life - No longer supported

Question 11

How often do feature updates occur?

Answer 11

Every 6 to 12 months

Question 12

List eight boot methods

Answer 12

• Optical media
• USB drive
• SSD
• Flash drive
• External/hot swappable
• Network boot
• Internet boot
• Internal partitions

Question 13

What is optical media?

Answer 13

Any type of disk that uses laser or light to read and write data

Question 14

List some drives that may fall under ‘USB connected’

Answer 14

CD, DVD, Blu-ray, SSD, Flash, Hot swappable

Question 15

What network configuration do you need to have if network booting?

Answer 15

DHCP, so that an IP address can be assigned to your server

Question 16

What is the PXE environment used for?

Answer 16

Booting up the setup program to install Windows over a network

Question 17

Explain how Internet-based boot works.

Answer 17

The computer boots a minimalist OS version and then downloads the setup files

Question 18

How would you do a clean install on a corrupted Win 11 laptop?

Answer 18

Boot from the internal hidden partition

Question 19

How many partitions on a fixed disk are needed before performing high-level disk formatting for the file system?

Answer 19

At least one

Question 20

Briefly define the Master Boot Record.

Answer 20

The information about the physical disk, in the first 512b sector of a HDD or SSD. Traditional way of partitioning on a storage device.

Question 21

Give the limitations of the MBR.

Answer 21

Only able to run 4 primary partitions and only supports a disk size of max. 2TB.

Question 22

Windows can support up to how many partitions with GUID Partition Table?

Answer 22

128 partitions.

Question 23

Limitations of GPT?

Answer 23

System must support UEFI as a boot method

Question 24

Which boot method supports 64-bit processors?

Answer 24

UEFI

Question 25

Give the file systems for the three main OS.

Answer 25

Windows - NTFS
macOS - APFS
Linux - ext3/ext4 (depending on distribution)

Question 26

How would you run two different OS on the same PC?

Answer 26

Put them in different partitions

Question 27

When is Recovery and Reset used?

Answer 27

When Windows has been corrupted with malware, there is a system issue, or you are wanting to sell the machine

Question 28

Explain what a full recovery means.

Answer 28

Lose everything, including all files, on the system. System reverts back to exactly how it was before you bought it.

Question 29

Explain how a factory recovery works.

Answer 29

Original hard drive must be in the system. Deletes all user data but retains original system information

Question 30

Refresh or repair mode

Answer 30

Machine will reset and attempt to repair without a full recovery