Lesson 2 - Chapter 1: Planning and OS Installation

Question 1

What is a clean installation?

Answer 1

Installing an OS onto an empty hard drive with no prior OS installed

Question 2

What is an upgrade installation? What does it inherit? (2)

Answer 2

Installing an OS on top of an earlier installed version (inherits previous hardware/software settings and applications)

Question 3

What are the 3 rules when it comes to upgrading Windows versions/editions?

Answer 3

1. Can’t upgrade across platforms (32-bit to 64-bit)
2. Can’t go backwards in version (Win 11 Pro to Win 10 Pro)
3. Can’t go backward in edition (Win 10 Pro to Win 11 Home)

Question 4

What are the 4 major steps you should make before upgrading/installing an OS version? [to help make the upgrade install smoothly, think of hardware support]

Answer 4

1. Backup files and user preferences (all user files, applications, settings)
2. Application and driver support (RAID controllers, Ethernet, WiFi adapters uninstall and replace w/ compatible versions)
3. Backward Compatibility (incompatible software/drivers have to be uninstalled before upgrade)
4. Hardware Compatibility (sufficient resources to run new OS version?)

Question 5

What are the 6 installation method options?

Answer 5

1. Clean install from physical media (disc or other, clean install)
2. Upgrade from physical media (disc or other, upgrade install)
3. Upgrade from Windows Update (option to upgrade)
4. Reinstall from a recovery partition (Reset This PC option, resets OS)
5. Image deployment (complete copy of bootable OS, copy image over from removable media or network)
6. Remote Network Installation (uses network location as installation media, can use scripts to automate process)

Question 6

What are unattended installations?

Answer 6

Special scripts that automatically select options to install OS or applications

Question 7

What are 3 examples of an external storage device that can be used to hold the Windows Setup files?

Answer 7

1. DVD
2. USB Flash drive
3. eSATA hard drive

(etc.)

Question 8

What type of file does the Windows OS come in?

Answer 8

ISO

Question 9

You just have to copy the ISO file to the storage media to make it a bootable drive. T or F?

Answer 9

False, copying the ISO file over will not make it bootable. You need to “burn” it to an external storage device to make it bootable.

Question 10

How do you make a bootable external drive?

Answer 10

You can use Microsoft’s free Media Creation Tool utility

Question 11

You might have to change the ___ ___ if you’re booting from a DVD. Why? (2)

Answer 11

1. boot order
2. to force it to boot from the optical drive instead of the internal hard drive

Question 12

What is a multiboot installation (dual-boot)?

Answer 12

Configures the system with more than one OS to choose from

(each in its own partition or volume)

Question 13

What do you do if you want to do a multiboot installation but only have a single drive with one partition?

Answer 13

Use Disk Management to shrink the partition, and create a new partition with the free space it made

Question 14

What’s the recommended order when installing Windows versions in a multiboot installation? (2)

Answer 14

1. Older to Newer
2. Install Windows before any other OS (like Linux)

Question 15

What bootloader does contemporary Linux systems use?

Answer 15

GRUB bootloader

(has excellent multiboot support)

Question 16

What can you use to install Windows on a Mac?

Answer 16

Apple Boot Camp

Question 17

Are you able to multiboot Linux on a Mac?

Answer 17

Yes, but Apple Boot Camp isn’t the right tool for the job

Question 18

What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 10 32-bit? (6)
1. CPU
2. memory
3. storage
4. graphics
5. network
6. display

Answer 18

1. CPU - 1 GHz CPU or faster, or SoC
2. Memory - 1 GB RAM
3. Storage - 16 GB storage
4. Graphics - DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 driver
5. Network - Internet access is required for some features
6. Display - 800x600

Question 19

What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 10 64-bit? (6)
1. CPU
2. Memory
3. Storage
4. Graphics
5. Network
6. Display

Answer 19

1. 1 GHz CPU
2. 2 GB RAM
3. 20 GB Storage
4. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 driver
5. Internet access is required for some features
6. 800x600 display

Question 20

What are the minimum requirements for Windows 11 (64-bit only)?

1. CPU
2. Memory
3. Storage
4. Graphics
5. Network
6. Display
7. TPM version?
8. System firmware?

Answer 20

1. CPU - 1 GHz CPU with 2 or more cores
2. Memory - 4 GB RAM
3. Storage - 64 GB Storage
4. Graphics - DirectX 12 graphics with WDDM 2.0
5. Internet access is required for some features (MS acct and Internet required for setup for Home and Pro individual editions)
6. Display - High Definition 720P, greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per color channel
7. TPM version 2.0
8. UEFI, Secure Boot capable

Question 21

What can you run to check your system’s health?

Answer 21

Microsoft has a PC Health Check utility (also tells you if eligible to upgrade OS)

Question 22

How could you solve a malware infection you can’t get rid of?

Answer 22

A clean install is a good bet because upgrading may or may not resolve the problem