Chapter 19 Flashcards
A ____________ pieces integrated into a working system. As you know, the hardware can be quite complex, what with motherboards, hard drives, video cards, and so on. Software can be equally perplexing. p932
collection of hardware
An__________ which in turn is dependent on the hardware.p932
operating system,
An_________ or software program that is supposed to do something. Programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel are bundled with a great many features. p932
application
A __________ ready to take the computer system to its limits (and beyond). A technician can often forget that the user is a very complex and important part of the puzzle. p932
computer user
(BSOD)stands for what?
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
It occurs when Windows fails to boot properly or quits unexpectedly.p942
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
(BCD)stands for what?p942
Boot Configuration Data (BCD)
Bootstraps the system. In other words, this file starts the loading of an OS on the computer. While Windows 7 and Vista uses BOOTMGR, Windows XP uses NTLDR. Whichever of the two files the operating system uses, that file is responsible for switching from real to protected mode during the boot process. p942
NTLDR/BOOTMGR
Holds information about which OSs are installed on the computer. This file also contains the location of the OS files with Windows XP. Windows 7 and Vista uses Boot Configuration Data (BCD) in place of the BOOT.INI file and is configured with BCDEDIT.EXE. p942
BOOT.INI
In Windows XP, parses the system for hardware information each time Windows is loaded. This information is then used to create dynamic hardware information in the Registry.p942
NTDETECT.COM
(DLL)stands for what?p943
dynamic link library (DLL)
are software programs that tell the operating system how to work with the hardware.p946
Device drivers
The Recovery Console isn’t installed on a system by default. To install it, use the following steps: P949
- Place the Windows CD in the system. 2. From a command prompt, change to the i386 directory of the CD. 3. Type winnt32 /cmdcons. 4. A prompt appears alerting you to the fact that 7MB of hard drive space is required and asking if you want to continue. Click Yes.
Shows the current attributes of a file or folder, and lets you change them .p950
ATTRIB
Runs the commands within an ASCII text file .p950
BATCH
Build or rebuild BOOT.INI .p950
BOOTCFG
Used without parameters, it shows the current directory . Used with parameters, it changes to the directory specified .p950
CD
Works the same as CD .p950
CHDIR
Checks the disk for errors .
CHKDSK
Clears the screen .p950
CLS
Allows you to copy a file (or files, if used with wildcards) from one location to another .p950
COPY
Deletes a file .p950
DEL
Recursively deletes files and directories .p950
DELTREE
Shows the contents of the current directory .p950
DIR
Allows you to stop a service/driver .p950
DISABLE
Shows the partitions on the drive, and lets you manage them .p950
DISKPART
Extracts compressed files .p950
EXPAND
Allows you to start a service/driver .p950
ENABLE
Writes a new boot sector .p950
FIXBOOT
Checks and fixes (if possible) the master boot record .p950
FIXMBR
Sets the size of the file cache what is the parameter.p952
/CACHSIZE=
Stops all checks what the parameter.p952
/CANCEL
Return to normal mode what the parameter.p952
/ENABLE
Clears the cache whats the parameter. p952
/PURGECACHE
Replaces file without prompting whats parameter. p952
/QUIET
