Lesson 8 - Chapter 3: Boot Repair at the Command Prompt Flashcards
What’s the difference between the regular cmd.exe shell in Windows and WinRE command prompt?
WinRE’s command prompt supports a different set of commands
(also lacks support for some regular Windows cmd.exe prompts)
What’s an important utility that WinRE’s command prompt can run that the regular cmd.exe shell can’t?
bootrec
What command sets remain in the WinRE command prompt? (4)
File management ones like:
1. copy
2. move
3. del
4. format
etc.
Since the Startup Repair tool runs many of the WinRE commands automatically, when would you need to use the WinRE command prompt?
for unique situations where the Startup Repair tool fails
What is the bootrec command? (3)
a WinRE tool that can repair:
-the master boot record
-boot sector
-BCD store
(has different switches for different actions)
What does the bcdedit command do?
By itself without switches, it shows the Windows boot options
When using bcdedit on a system with a single copy of Windows installed, what 2 sections show up?
- Windows Boot Manager - describes the location of bootmgr
- Windows Boot Loader - describes the location of the winload.exe file
The diskpart tool lacks what that’s built into Disk Management?
safety features
What can you delete with diskpart?
Delete any partition of any type at any time
What diskpart command is a last-ditch effort and handy for nasty corruptions that won’t let Windows boot?
clean
In terms of handling file systems, what does ‘fsinfo’ provide?
detailed query about the drives and volumes
Typing ‘fsutil dirty’ does what?
It tells you if the drive is “dirty” and you need to run autochk at the next reboot
What does it mean when a drive is “dirty”?
Windows has detected an error in the file system for a drive and flags it as dirty drive/volume
What does the utility autochk do?
it runs after a reboot and before Windows loads to correct errors in the file system of a drive
What does typing ‘fsutil repair initiate’ do?
it runs a basic version of chkdsk without rebooting
