11.2 System Protection

You install a new graphics application on your Windows machine. During installation, the computer reboots but hangs during startup. Pressing F8 has no effect. What should you try first to start the computer?

Boot from the installation disc and restore to a restore point.

You have recently made some changes to your Windows system. Things seemed to run fine for several days. Today, your computer has started to be unstable. Shortly after logging on, the system crashes and hangs. Which of the following will most likely correct the problem in the least amount of time?

Boot into Safe Mode and restore to a restore point.

Your Windows computer has system protection enabled on the system drive. By default, restore points are only created when a Windows Update occurs. In the last week, since the last Windows Update, you have installed a video editing application that you use everyday. Today you installed a new sound card with the driver that came with it and your system started behaving erratically after you rebooted. You tried updating to the latest driver for the sound card but that didn't help, so you used system restore to get your computer back to the state it was in before you installed the sound card. After you reboot your computer, you realize you have to install your video editing application again. Which action would have helped you avoid having to reinstall the application?

Creating a manual restore point just before installing the sound card.

Your Windows computer has two hard drives, both formatted with NTFS. You have enabled System Protection on both disks. How do you delete all restore points while keeping System Protection enable on both drives?

Edit the System Protection settings in System Properties and delete the restore points.

You would like to add protection to the Office2 computer so that you can restore the system to a previous point in time if a problem occurs. You would also like the ability to restore previous versions of files when possible. Office 2 is running Windows 7. On Office2, configure and enable system protection as follows: On the C: volume, keep the current restore settings and set a maximum of 5% of disk space for restore points. On the D: volume, choose to only restore previous versions of files and set a maximum of 7% of disk space for restore points. Create a manual restore point on Office2 and name it whatever you like.

Go to Control Panel, System and Security, System, System Protection, click C drive, configure, drag to 5%, go to D drive, configure, set to 7%, choose to only restore previous versions of files, create a restore point.

You use a Windows desktop system to edit and produce audio files. Your system has two hard disks installed. Your applications are installed on the C: volume on the first hard disk. Because of the size of the audio files you produce, you keep them on a separate volume (D:) on the second hard disk. You need to configure system protection on this system to maximize system protection. What should you do?

Increase the amount of disk space reserved for restore points on C:.

Match the Windows startup mode option on the left with the appropriate description on the right.

Loads only essential drivers and services Enable Safe Mode Allows unsigned drivers to be installed Disable driver signature enforcement Disables scanning device drivers for malware Disable early launch anti-malware protection Enables kernel troubleshooting and system analysis Enable debugging Creates a file named Ntbtlog.txt Enable boot logging

Your Windows computer has two hard disks: one internal disk and one removable hard disk. You complete a full system backup and schedule regular backups of the system drive. All backups are saved to the removable hard disk. You also enable system protection on the system disk. The disk holding the operating system fails. You replace the disk with a new one, and now need to get the system running again as quickly as possible. Which option should you take after booting the computer to the Windows installation disc?

Perform a system image recovery.

As part of your regular system maintenance, you install the latest operating system updates on your Windows computer. After several days, you notice that the system locks up and reboots from time to time. You suspect that a recent update is causing the problem. How can you quickly restore the computer to its previous state before the updates?

Restore the system using a restore point.

You install a new art application on your Windows system. The application recommends that you install an updated video driver. You install the new driver. You use the computer for several days, but notice that the display doesn't seem to refresh properly. You want to use your previous display adapter driver to correct the problem. Which of the following solutions can be implemented with the least amount of downtime?

Roll back the display adapter driver.

Your Windows 7 computer has two hard drives, both formatted with NTFS. You have enabled System Restore on both disks. How can you delete all restore points except for the last restore point?

Run Disk Cleanup.

You have just added a new 300 GB hard drive to a Windows 7 computer. You create a single volume named Data and format the volume using FAT32. The volume is assigned drive letter D:. You copy several files to the new hard disk. Which action must you take first to include the disk in restore points created on the computer?

Run convert.exe to change the drive to NTFS.

You take a regular file backup on your Windows 7 computer every Friday night, which also includes a system image backup. System Protection has been enabled for all drives on the system. On Wednesday you receive a new version of a graphic editing application that you use regularly. You install the new application, but find that the application does not work properly. When you try to run the original application, you find that the upgrade has deleted it from your system. You also find that some of the graphics files you had been working on yesterday have been deleted. What can you do to get things back to normal as quickly as possible? (Select two. Each answer is part of the complete solution.)

Use System Restore to revert to a restore point before you installed the application. Use Previous Versions to restore the missing files.

After several months of working fine, you are having problems booting your Windows machine. The system stalls immediately after the BIOS information screen. How can you get the system to boot successfully as quickly as possible?

Use the Startup Repair tool.