12.15 Windows Boot Errors

One day, while trying to start your Windows 10 computer, the system displays the following error: Windows could not start. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Which of the following will most likely fix the problem?

Boot into recovery environment and run the bootrec/rebuildbcd command

Rodney, a user in the research department, reports that he is experiencing blue screen errors while using his Windows computer. You ask Rodney if anything has change on the computer recently. Rodney explains that he recently installed a TV tuner board in an expansion slot. Now he has to reboot the computer every time he loads the TV tuner application to watch TV. You need to fix Rodney's computer to prevent Rodney from using the TV until you can install an updated driver. What should you do?

Boot the system into Safe Mode. Disable the TV tuner driver in Device Manger

You have a computer that runs Windows 7, and you want to install Windows 10. You are not concerned about keeping any of the existing data currently on the drive, and you want to do a clean install. After placing the Windows 10 installation DVD in the optical drive, you restart the computer, but it does not boot to the DVD, and you are unable to install Windows. Which of the following are the BEST methods for installing Windows from the DVD?

From the UEFI or BIOS firmware, change the boot order and While the computer is rebooting, press the boot menu function key

You turn on your desktop computer. You can hear the fans start up, but the monitor remains blank. You wait a while, but it doesn't appear that anything else is happening. The hard drive activity light doesn't show activity, and you never hear the sound that plays when Windows loads. Which of the following are the most likely cause of the problem?

Processor, Memory and Video Card

You need to boot a Windows 10 system into Safe Mode. Which steps will accomplish this task?

Run the msconfig.exe utility and specify the boot mode and Select Start, Settings, Update & Security, Recovery, Advanced startup, Restart now

Marcus was attempting to tweak the way his Windows 10 workstation boots when he inadvertently corrupted his system boot files. It will now no longer boot to a logon prompt. He boots the system from the Windows installation disc and accesses the Recovery Environment. What should he do next?

Select Troubleshoot>Advanced Options>Startup Repair

You are an IT technician for your company. One of your employees calls and tells you that every time they turn their computer on, they hear three beeps. Which of the following BEST descries an accurate reply to this employee?

Three repeated beeps may mean different things. First, we need to check the motherboard documentation.

How can you keep a Windows 10 system from automatically restarting after a critical system error occurs?

Use the Disable automatic restart after failure option on the Advanced Startup Options menu

You have a Windows system with two SATA hard drives, one used for the operating system and the other used for storing data. You have traced recent problems to a fault in the system motherboard. You replaced the motherboard and reconnected all the hardware. When you started the computer, the system showed the startup information screen, but then returned an error that an operating system could not be found. What should you do?

Verify this operating system SATA drive is configured as the boot drive in UEFI configuration and Change the boot order in the UEFI configuration

You have just received a call from one of your customers. He informs you that after turning his computer on, he received the following error: Error loading operating system BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Every time he restarts his computer, the same error is show. Which of the following tools is BEST for fixing this issue?

bootrec

You are troubleshooting a Windows 10 system that won't boot. The system appears to initialize just fine and post completes correctly. However, Windows doesn't load, and an error message is displayed on the screen, indicating the operating system couldn't be found. You determine that the Master Boot Record (MBR) is corrupt. To fix the issue, you do the following: Enter the command you can run at the command prompt to address the issue

bootrec /fixmbr

You have booted your Windows workstation into Safe Mode and enabled Boot Logging. To which log file is the boot logging information now being written?

ntblog.txt

You want to scan the integrity of all protected systems files on your Windows 10 system, but no repair them. Which command should you use?

sf/verifyonly