WINDOWS BOOT PROCESS

WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A MESSAGE "MISSING BOOTMGR" IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7

1. BOOT INTO SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS 2. CHOOSE STARTUP REPAIR FOR MANUAL REPAIR 1. CHOOSE COMMAND PROMPT 2. TYPE bootrec/fixboot

WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A MESSAGE "MISSING BCD" IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7

1. BOOT INTO SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS 2. CHOOSE STARTUP REPAIR FOR MANUAL REPAIR 1. CHOOSE COMMAND PROMPT 2. TYPE bootrec/rebuildbcd

NAME 5 DEVICES THAT A SYSTEM CAN TYPICALLY START AN OS FROM

1. CDs OR DVDs 2. NETWORK ADAPTERS 3. USB FLASH DRIVES 4. REMOVABLE DISKS 5. HARD DRIVE PARTITION

WHERE IS BCD FILE LOCATION

1. FOR BIOS BOOT, IT IS AT \BOOT\BCD ON THE ACTIVE PARTITION 2. FOR UEFI BOOT, IT IS ON THE EFI SYSTEM PARTITION

NAME THE SYSTEM FILES NEEDED BY WINDOWS FROM ITS SYSTEM DIRECTORIES DURING THE BOOT PROCESS

1. HAL.DLL (HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER) 2. SMSS.EXE (SESSION MANAGER) 3. WINLOGON.EXE (USER SESSION) 4. LSASS.EXE (SECURITY SUBSYSTEM)

WHAT DOES WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER DO IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE OPERATING SYSTEM

1. IT WAITS FOR A FEW MINUTES TO ALLOW THE USER TO PRESS F8 TO CHOOSE THE ADVANCED BOOT OPTION 2. IF POST COMPLETES AND F8 IS NOT PRESSES, IT STARTS THE WINDOWS BOOT LOADER WHICH IN TURN STARTS THE OPERATING SYSTEM.

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MASTER BOOT RECORD

1. MASTER BOOT SECTOR 2. BOOT SECTOR

NAME THE 6 PHASES OF THE WINDOWS BOOT UP SEQUENCE

1. POST PHASE 2. INITIAL STARTUP PHASE 3. WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER PHASE 4. WINDOWS BOOT LOADER PHASE 5. KERNEL LOADING PHASE 6. LOGON PHASE

IN WINDOWS 7, WHAT OPTIONS DO YOU FIND IN THE ADVANCED BOOT OPTION PAGE

1. REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER 2. SAFE MODE 3. SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING 4. SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT 5. ENABLE BOOT LOGGING 6. ENABLE LOW-RESOLUTION VIDEO 7. LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION 8. START WINDOWS NORMALLY 9. DISABLE DRIVER SIGNATURE ENFORCEMENT

NAME 4 SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS YOU KNOW

1. STARTUP REPAIR 2. SYSTEM RESTORE 3. SYSTEM IMAGE RECOVERY 4. WINDOWS MEMORY DIAGNOSTICS

THE ERROR MESSAGE "THE WINDOWS BOOT CONFIGURATION DATA FILE IS MISSING REQUIRED INFORMATION" WHAT IS THE CAUSE

1. THE WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER ENTRY IS NOT PRESENT IN THE BCD STORE. 2. THE BOOT\BCD FILE ON THE ACTIVE PARTITION IS DAMAGED OR MISSING

WHAT IS BCD

BOOT CONFIGURATION DATA IT HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT OSs INSTALLED ON THE SYSTEM, SUCH AS THE LOCATION OF THE OS FILES.

WHAT BOOT PROGRAM IS STORES IN THE BOOT PARTITION THAT LOADS THE OPERATING SYSTEM

BOOT LOADER

THIS FILE IS LOCATED IN THE ROOT OF THE C: DRIVE AND MANAGES THE BOOT PROCESS AND POINTS TO OTHER FILES THAT LOAD UP WINDOWS

BOOTMGR

WHERE IS THE MASTER BOOT RECORD, MASTER BOOT SECTOR OR BOOT SECTOR LOCATED

CYLINDER 0 HEAD 0 SECTOR 1 THE FIRST OF THE DISK

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER

IT BOOTSTRAPS THE SYSTEM. THE BOOTMGR FILE STARTS THE LOADING OF AN OS ON THE SYSTEM

WHAT DOES THE COMMAND bootrec/fixmbr DO

IT CHECKS AND FIXES THE MASTER BOOT RECORD

WHAT DOES WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER DO IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEM

IT DISPLAYS A MENU OF OPERATING SYSTEMS TO CHOOSE FROM, AS WELL AS THE OPTION TO CHOOSE THE WINDOWS MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

WHAT IS A BOOT LOADER

IT IS A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT LOADS AN OPERATING SYSTEM. IT IS THE LOADER FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM ITSELF

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE BOOT LOADER

IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOADING THE WINDOWS KERNEL, NTOSKRNL.EXE AND HAL Hal.dll, (HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER) TO MEMORY

WHAT IS A MASTER BOOT CODE

IT IS THE FIRST PROGRAM EXECUTED WHEN YOU TURN ON YOUR SYSTEM AND IS OFTEN THE TARGET OF A VIRUS

WHAT DOES THE COMMAND bootrec/rebuildbcd DO

IT SCANS FOR OTHER OSs AND ALLOWS THE USER TO CHOOSE TO ADD TO THE BOOT CONFIGURATION STORE

WHAT DOES THE COMMAND bootrec/fixboot DO

IT WRITES A NEW BOOT SECTOR ON THE SYSTEM PARTITION

THIS CODE WHEN FULLY EXECUTED TRANSFERS CONTROL TO THE BOOT PROGRAM STORED ON THE ACTIVE BOOT PARTITION TO LOAD THE OPERATING SYSTEM

MASTER BOOT CODE

THE PLACE WHERE THE MASTER BOOT RECORD CODE IS STORED

MASTER BOOT SECTOR MASTER BOOT RECORD BOOT SECTOR

THIS IS A SMALL BIT CODE REFERRED TO AS A TABLE. IT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTITIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED ON THE HARD DISK

MASTER PARTITION TABLE

WHAT DOES THE COMMAND bootrec/scanos DO

SCANS ALL DISKS FIR INSTALLATIONS COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 7 AND DISPLAYS THE ENTRIES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE BOOT CONFIGURATION STORE

THIS RECOVERY OPTION AUTOMATICALLY FIX PROBLEMS THAT ARE PREVENTING WINDOWS FROM STARTING

STARTUP REPAIR

THIS RECOVERY OPTION RECOVERS YOUR COMPUTER USING A SYSTEM IMAGE YOU CREATED EARLIER

SYSTEM IMAGE RECOVERY

THIS RECOVERY OPTION RESTORES WINDOWS TO AN EARLIER POINT IN TIME

SYSTEM RESTORE

AFTER THE WINDOW BOOT MANAGER STARTS THE WINDOWS BOOT LOADER, WINLOAD.EXE, WHAT DOES THE BOOT LOADER DO

THE BOOT LOADER LOADS THE OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL, NTOSKRNL.EXE AND PASSES CONTROL TO IT.

WHAT HAPPENS IF AN ACTIVE PARTITION IS SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED

THE CODE IN THE BOOT SECTOR LOCATES AND STARTS WINDOWS BOOT LOADER (WIN LOAD) AND THE BIOS TRANSFERS EXECUTION TO OT

AFTER THE BIOS READS THE BOOTCODE INSTRUCTION LOCATED ON THE MBR, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

THE MBR IS READ INTO MEMORY, AND THE BIOS TRANSFERS CONTROL TO THE CODE IN TH MBR

AFTER POST, WHAT DETERMINES THE DEVICE THE SYSTEM WILL USE TO START ITS OPERATING SYSTEM

THE SETTINGS THAT ARE STORED IN THE NONVOLATILE MEMORY (BIOS), CALLED TH BOOT ORDER

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BOOT YOUR WINDOWS OS FROM YOUR HARD DISK

THE SYSTEM READS THE BOOT CODE INSTRUCTIONS LOCATED ON THE 1ST SECTOR OF YOUR MBR DISK, CALLED THE MASTER BOOT RECORD

AFTER THE MBR CODE TAKES OVER FROM THE BIOS, WHAT HAPPENS

THE SYSTEM SEARCHES THE PARTITION TABLE FOR THE ACTIVE PARTITION KNOWN AS THE BOOTABLE PARTITION

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CHOOSE ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WINDOWS, WHEN YOU ARE AT THE WINDOW MANAGER PAGE, WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS

THE WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER PASSES CONTROL TO THE BOOT SECTOR FOR THE OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CHOOSE VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 WHEN YOU ARE AT THE WINDOW MANAGER PAGE, WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS

THE WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER STARTS THE WINDOWS BOAT LOADER WINLOAD.EXE TO OPEN WINDOWS

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SYSTEM DOES NOT FIND AN ACTIVE PARTITION OR IF THE BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION IS MISSING OR CORRUPT

THESE MESSAGES MIGHT APPEAR 1. INVALID PARTITION TABLE 2. ERROR LOADING OPERATING SYSTEM 3. MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM

IT IS POSSIBLE TO SPECIFY A CUSTOM BOOT ORDER BY CONFIGURING YOUR BIOS SETTINGS. TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

IT ENABLES YOU TO CHOOSE FROM MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS OR THE WINDOWS MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER

THIS RECOVERY OPTION CHECKS YOUR COMPUTER FOR MEMORY HARDWARE ERRORS

WINDOWS MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BOOT LOADER USED TO BOOT WINDOWS 7

WINLOAD.EXE

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BOOT LOADER USED TO BOOT WINDOWS 8

WINLOAD.EXE

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BOOT LOADER USED TO BOOT WINDOWS VISTA

WINLOAD.EXE

WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A MESSAGE "MISSING OS" IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7

bootrec/fixboot

WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A MESSAGE "ERROR LOADING OS" IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7

bootrec/fixmbr

WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU SEE A MESSAGE "INVALID PARTITION" IN WINDOWS VISTA AND 7

bootrec/fixmbr

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO STOP ALL SYSTEM FILE CHECKS

sfc/cancel

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO RETURN TO NORMAL MODE AFTER SYSTEM FILES CHECKS

sfc/enable

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO CLEAR THE CACHE AFTER A SYSTEM FILES CHECK

sfc/purgecache

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO CHECK SYSTEM FILES ON EVERY BOOT

sfc/scanboot

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO CHECK SYSTEM FILES NOW

sfc/scannow

WHAT COMMAND WOULD YOU USE TO CHECK SYSTEM FILES AT THE NEXT BOOT

sfc/scanonce