chapter 16/ working with Windows XP

Question 1

Windows XP Requirements

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Processor: 233 MHz or faster processor
Memory: 64MB RAM Minimum, Recommend 128MB

Question 2

two methods for Installing the OS

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Answer 2

attended and unattended

Question 3

Unattended installation has number of methods?

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Answer 3

Remote installation Services (RIS)
Window development services (WDS)
System Preparation Tools (Sysprep)

Question 4

Determining OS installation options

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Answer 4

1- installation type
2- Network configuration
3- File system type
4- dual- Boot support

Question 5

installation type

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Answer 5

a typical installation
a full installation
a minimal installation
a custom Installation

Question 6

what is a typical installation?

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Answer 6

Installs the most commonly used components but not all of them

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what is a full installation?

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Answer 7

installs every last component.

Question 8

what is a minimal installation = compact installation

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Answer 8

install only component needed to get the software functional

Question 9

custom installation

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Answer 9

allows you to choose which components are installed.

Question 10

NTFS is the recommended file system type.

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Answer 10

Short for New Technology File System, NTFS is a file organizational system that stores and accesses information located on Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating systems. NTFS offers better methods of data protection and file recovery than the previous FAT file system versions.

Question 11

dual Boot configuration

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Answer 11

Dual-boot is a term used to describe a computer that utilizes two operating systems.

Question 12

4 methods to install windows XP what are they?

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Answer 12

1- Unattended
2- bootable media
3- sysprep
4- remote install/ windows deployment service.

Question 13

the only thing you need to do for this OS installation is to create an answer file?
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Answer 13

Unattended installation

Question 14

system preparation tool (sysprep)

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Answer 14

all it does is preparing the OS for an image, then a third party cloning utility will copy or take the image of the system an deploy it to other computers.

Question 15

remote install/ windows deployment service. RIS/WDS

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Answer 15

they are network installations

RIS is the oldest it was replaced by WDS with windows server 2003 SP2, both of them have the same function.

Question 16

it contains the partition information for the hard drive and include the beginning and the end of each partition that has been defined on the drive.
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Answer 16

master boot record MBR

MBR is a special file in the beginning of each hard drive.

Question 17

during the hard drive formatting the tracks are split into 512 bytes pieces called what
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Answer 17

sectors

Question 18

define CRC cyclic redundancy check

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Answer 18

CRC is a method of detecting errors in data transmission. A CRC is data sent with a block of data that helps verify all data is received correctly.????

Question 19

FAT and MFT

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file allocation table and master file table

they are created by the end of hard drive formatting

Question 20

Installing Windows XP has 3 phases

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Answer 20

1- installation preparation phase
2- Text based installation phase
3- graphical installation phase

Question 21

what do you need to do in the installation preparation phase/
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• power up the computer and quickly insert the windows XP CD in to the CD- ROM drive so it can boot from it.
• after that we see the windows XP main setup screen.
• press enter

Question 22

The end User license agreement EULA display in which phase?

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in the text based installation phase

we most accept the EULA to finish

Question 23

Graphical installation phase

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in this phase the windows XP setup performs all the necessary to bring windows XP to functional level.
- copy files to the hard drive and begin the installation of the devices drives.
- setup ask you for
language, location, the product key, computer name, enter time, date, net work setup, choose between a workgroup or a domain, by the end windows put all the items on the start menu and build a registry and clean up.

Question 24

postinstallation Routines

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Answer 24

Updating drivers
restoring users data files
verifying installation

Question 25

how do you update a driver?

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Answer 25

the easiest way is to click the driver tab in the properties for the device
start- control panel-system- hardware tab and then device manager button

Question 26

restoring user data files

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restoring data from the same computer by copying them using deferent medium ( floppy, thumb drive, external hard drive and more )
if the restoring is from an other computer there are 2 method to do it
file and setting transfer wizard
user stat migration tool

Question 27

windows XP the home version can be upgraded from what?

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Answer 27

windows 98 and windows Me

Question 28

upgraded to windows Professional from

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Answer 28

windows 98 and windows Me, windows NT, windows 4.0, windows 2000 professional, and from windows XP home

Question 29

which version of USMT work with windows XP?

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Answer 29

Version 3.0

Question 30

how can you perform a repair install

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Answer 30

windows XP has an option that is to press R during installation to repair the OS

Question 31

The XP boot sequences

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Answer 31

Key boot files

NTLDR, BOOT, Bootsect, Ntdetect, NTBOOTDD, NTOSKRNL, NTBTLOG,

Question 32

a file is not used and is not even install on EIDE system but we need to have on a system with a SCSI boot device.
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Answer 32

NTBOOTDD