Installing Windows Flashcards
1
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Installation Sources
A
-CD-ROM & DVD-ROM
- USB Storage
- USB must be bootable
- Computer must support booting from USB
- PXE (pixie) - Preboot eXecution Environment
- Perform a remote network installation
- Computer must support booting with PXE
-NetBoot = Apple Tech / Similar to PXE
2
Q
Type of Installations
1
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- In-place upgrade
- Maintain existing application & data
- Clean install
- Wipe the slate clean & install (migration tool helps)
- Image
- Deploy clone on every computer
- Unattended installation - No installation interruptions
- Answer Windows questions in a file (unattended.xml)
3
Q
Type of Installations
2
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- Repair Installation
- Fix problems with the Windows OS
- Does not modify user files
- Multiboot (Dual boot)
- Run two or more operating systems from a single PC
- Recovery partition
- Hidden partition with installation files
- Refresh / restore
- Windows 8 feature cleans up
- Requires recovery partition
4
Q
The Disk Partition
A
- Separates the physical drive into logical pieces
- Useful for maintaining separates Operating Systems
- Formatted partitions are called volumes
- Microsoft nomenclature
5
Q
MBR Partition Style
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-MBR (Master Boot Record)
- Primary
- Bootable partitions
- Max of four portions per disk
- One partition may be set as “active” (main)
Extended (Extended number of partition)
- Contains additional logical partitions - Logical partitions inside extended are not bootable
6
Q
GPT Partition Syle
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- GPT (Guid Partition Table)
- Globally Unique Identifier
- Latest partition standard
Requires a UEFI BIOS
-Can have up to 128 primary partition
-No need for extended partition or logical drives
7
Q
Disk Partitioning
A
- The first step when preparing disk
- An MBR style disk can have up to 4 partitions
- GUID partition tables can have up to 128 partitions
- Requires UEFI BIOS or BIOS compatibility mode
- BIOS compatibility mode disables UEFI secure boot
8
Q
File System
A
- Before data can be written it must be formatted
- Build foundation
Operating system expect data be written in a particular format
-FAT32 & NTFS is popular
- Most operating systems can be read multiple types
- FAT , FAT32 , NTFS , exFAT , etc
9
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FAT
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- File Allocation Table
- One of first PC file system (1980)
FAT32 - File Allocation Table
- Support in Windows 2000 & newer - Larger (2 terabytes) volume sizes - Max file size of 4 gigabytes
- exFAT - Extended File Allocation Table
- Microsoft Flash Drive file system
- File can be larger than 4 gigabytes
10
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NTFS & CDFS
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- NTFS - NT Files System
- Windows NT , 2000, XP , Server 2003 , Server 2008 , Vista , 7 & 8 / 8.1
- Extensive improvements
- Quotas, file compression, Encryption, Symbolic links, Larger File Support, Security, Recoverability
- CDFS - Compact Disk File System
- ISO 9660 Standard
- All operating systems can be read the CD
11
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Other File Systems
Linux
A
- ext3 - Third Extended File System
- Commonly used by linux
- ext4 - Fourth Extended File System
- Updated from ext3
- NFS - Network File System
- Access the files across the network like they were local
- Available across many operating systems
12
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Storage Types
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- Layered on top of the partition & file system
- Windows thing
- Basic disk storage
- Available only on DOS & Windows versions
- Primary / Extended Partition , logical drives
- Basic disk partitions can’t span separate physical disks
- Dynamics disk storage - Spin multiple disk
- Split across data an physical disk (striping)
- Duplicate data across physical disk (mirroring)
13
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Quick Format vs Full Format
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- Quick format
- Creates a new file table
- Looks like data is erased, but its not
- No additional checks
- Quick format in Windows Vista , 7 , 8 / 8.1
- Use “disport” for full format
- Full format
- Writes zeros to the whole disk
- Unrecoverable
