C10.Configuring Recovery Flashcards
- You are the network administrator for a large organization that uses both Windows Server 2012 R2
and Windows 10. One of the Windows 10 machines needs to be backed up daily. You perform an image backup on the Windows 10 machine. The Windows 10 machine then gets struck by a virus and will not start up properly. What can you do to get the Windows 10 machine up and running the fastest possible way?
A. Because of the virus, the best thing is to rebuild the machine from scratch.
B. Start the computer from the Windows 10 DVD and then use the System Image Recovery tool.
C. Start the computer from the Windows 10 DVD and then use the Image Restore utility.
D. Use a Windows 10 boot disk and run the Image Restore utility.
B. Start the computer from the Windows 10 DVD and then use the System Image Recovery tool.
- B. After starting the machine with the Windows 10 DVD, you can use the System Image Recovery tool to reload the backup image that you created.
- You need to back up Windows 10, but the backup must be backed up to a local disk drive.
When you start the backup, you see the screen shown in Figure 10.13. PAGE 490
What action do you need to perform?
A. Log on as the backup administrator.
B. Log on as the system administrator.
C. Add a local hard disk to the machine by using Computer Management and then run the backup again.
D. Run the backup utility in protected mode.
C. Add a local hard disk to the machine by using Computer Management and then run the backup again.
- C. When you are using the backup utility and no local disks are present, you must either configure an installed disk or physically install a hard disk before running the backup utility.
- You are the system administrator for a large organization that uses Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 10. You have a Windows 10 machine and have enabled System Protection. You want the machine to retain only the last System Protection snapshot that was taken. What should you do?
A. Run Disk Cleanup for System Restore and then run Shadow Copies.
B. Disable Shadow Copies and run System Protection.
C. Set the Keep Only Last Shadow Copy option in System Protection.
D. Enable Shadow Copies and then set the Keep Only Last Shadow Copy option.
A. Run Disk Cleanup for System Restore and then run Shadow Copies.
- A. You have to run the Disk Cleanup utility to delete the previous versions and then run Shadow Copies in System Protection. There is no Keep Only Last Shadow Copy option.
- You are the network administrator for a small company. You manage the computers for the Marketing department, all of which are running the Windows 10 operating system. You are making several configuration changes to the manager’s computer to enhance performance. Before you make any changes, you want to create a restore point that can be used if any problems arise. How do you manually create a restore point?
A. By using the System Restore utility
B. By using the System Protection tab of the System Properties dialog box
C. By using the System Configuration utility
D. By using the Startup Repair tool
B. By using the System Protection tab of the System Properties dialog box
- B. To manually create a restore point or to restore your computer to a previous restore point, you use the System Protection tab of the System Properties dialog box. Although System Restore uses restore points, you do not use the System Restore utility to create a restore point.
- Your computer uses a SCSI adapter that supports a SCSI drive, which contains your Windows 10 system and boot partitions. After updating the SCSI driver, you restart your computer, but Windows 10 will not load. You need to get this computer up and running as quickly as possible. Which of the following repair strategies should you try first to correct your problem?
A. Restore your computer’s configuration with your last backup.
B. Boot your computer with the System Image reload.
C. Boot your computer with the Safe Mode option and do a driver rollback.
D. Boot your computer to the Recovery Console and manually copy the old driver back to the computer.
C. Boot your computer with the Safe Mode option and do a driver rollback.
- C. If you need to get a stalled computer up and running as quickly as possible, you should start with the Driver Rollback option. This option is used when you’ve made changes to your computer’s hardware drivers and now you have issues.
- You are about to install a new driver for your CD ROM drive, but you are not 100 percent sure that you are using the correct driver. Which of the following options will allow you to most easily return your computer to the previous state if the new driver is not correct?
A. Safe Mode
B. Roll Back Driver
C. System Restore utility
D. Startup Repair tool
B. Roll Back Driver
- B. The Roll Back Driver option is the easiest way to roll back to a known good driver. You could also use the System Restore utility to roll back your computer to a known restore point if you make harmful changes to your computer, but Driver Rollback is easier and faster.
- After you updated Will’s computer, his system files became corrupted due to a virus and now need to be restored. Which of the following processes should you use to fix the problem?
A. Restore a backup.
B. Restore an image.
C. Use the Startup Repair tool.
D. Boot to Safe Mode.
C. Use the Startup Repair tool.
- C. To quickly repair the system files, you can use the Startup Repair tool. You can restore an image by using the Backup and Repair Center, but it is faster to use the Startup Repair tool. Additionally, you will not lose any personal files by using the Startup Repair tool. Alternatively, you could try to use System Restore to go back to a previous checkpoint.
- You are unable to boot your Windows 10 computer, so you decide to boot the computer to Safe Mode. Which of the following statements regarding Safe Mode is false?
A. When the computer is booted to Safe Mode, there is no network access.
B. Safe Mode loads all the drivers for the hardware that is installed on the computer.
C. When you run Safe Mode, boot logging is automatically enabled.
D. When you run Safe Mode, the screen resolution is set to 800×600.
B. Safe Mode loads all the drivers for the hardware that is installed on the computer.
- B. When you run your computer in Safe Mode, you simplify your Windows 10 configuration. Only the drivers that are needed to get the computer up and running are loaded.
- You have been having problems with your Windows 10 computer. You decide to start the computer by using the Enable Boot Logging option on the Advanced Boot Options menu. Where can you find the log file that is created?
A. \Windows\ntbtlog.txt
B. \Windows\System32\ntbtlog.txt
C. \Windows\ntboot.log
D. \Windows\System32\ntboot.log
A. \Windows\ntbtlog.txt
- A. When you enable boot logging, the file created is \Windows\ntbtlog.txt. This log file is used to troubleshoot the boot process.
- You have purchased a new computer with Windows 10 installed. After modifying the system so that it is configured just how you want it, you want to back up the system so that if anything happens, you can restore the files and settings. Which of the following should you do?
A. Back up your files by using the Back Up Files button in the Backup and Restore Center.
B. Create an image of your computer by using the Create An Image link in the Backup and Restore Center.
C. Use the System Repair tool to make an image of your computer.
D. Use Shadow Copies to create a previous version of the files.
B. Create an image of your computer by using the Create An Image link in the Backup and Restore Center.
- B. You should create an image of your computer by using the Create An Image link in the Backup and Restore Center. Images back up everything on your computer. File backups cannot be used to back up system files and settings.
