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