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Comptia A +: System Recovery
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1. On Windows XP/Vista/7 - you can use a ____ to restore your system to a previous time when things were working properly.
Backup Status and Configuration
Restore point
Repair
Applications
2. To create a parallel installation - (do/do not) format the drive during installation.
Repair
Do not
Fast Repair
System recovery
3. You can use the Recovery Console to ____ corrupt or incorrect files (such as repairing a corrupt registry or restoring corrupt operating system files).
Overwrite
Emergency repair
Safe Mode
Help
4. Before using recovery tools - try other methods to resolve the problem including booting using the ____ boot option (if the problem is keeping you from logging on).
File properties
Last Known Good
Properties
Different location
5. You can use the Recovery Console to repair a corrupted master boot record and rebuild ____ files.
User settings
Backup Status and Configuration
Undone
BOOT.INI
6. Be aware when using a parallel installation that if you can repair the original installation of Windows - you can ____ into either copy.
Boot
Recovery disc/partition
Repair
Emergency repair
7. If you are unable to repair the existing installation - you can restore your system using Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) for Windows 2000 - Automated System Recovery (ASR) for Windows XP - or ____ for Windows Vista/7.
Complete PC Restore
Updating
Checksum
BOOT.INI
8. To restore a file to a previous version - edit the ____ and use the Previous Versions tab to select the version you want to restore.
Checksum
File properties
Ntbackup
System recovery
9. To run the Recovery Console on Windows 2000/XP - install the Recovery Console by using the ____ /cmdcons command from the installation disc. The Recovery Console is then available during boot from the boot menu without using the installation disc.
winnt32.exe
Applications
Previous Versions
Recovery Console
10. The recovery disc/partition process typically ____ the hard drive to perform the recovery.
Reformats
Recovery Console
Emergency repair
Different location
11. Any applications and user data files added since the system was shipped will be ____ when using the recovery disc/partition. If possible - back up any data accessible on the hard disk before performing the recovery.
Lost
ser data
Boot
Do not
12. You can start the restore from within Windows - or by booting to the installation disc. For ASR - press ____ when prompted during the initialization process to start the recovery process.
ser data
F2
Checksum
Recovery
13. Using the ____ restores the system to the state it was in when shipped.
Format partition
Disc
Recovery disc/partition
Checksum
14. To run the Recovery Console - boot from the installation disc and choose the ____ option. On Windows 7/Vista - you will be given a menu of repair options; choose the command prompt option.
Recovery Console
Complete PC Restore
Applications
Repair
15. The restore process ____ (or erases) hard drives - destroying all existing data.
System recovery
Reformats
Boot
OS
16. You can use the ____ process included in Windows setup to automatically fix problems that keep Windows from booting. If you cannot boot into Windows normally using any other method - boot from the installation disc and repair the installation.
Previous Versions
Repair
Complete PC Restore
Emergency repair
17. When using a restore point - system changes made since the restore point was taken are ____. Applications - device drivers - and patches will no longer be applied.
Complete PC Restore
Properties
F2
Undone
18. Before using recovery tools - try other methods to resolve the problem including booting into ____ to disable devices or roll back drivers.
Parallel
Updating
Safe Mode
Fast Repair
19. With a ____ installation - you create a new installation of Windows on the same system - allowing you to boot to the new installation and with access to the existing hard disks and hardware in the system.
Computer
Loss of data
Reformats
Parallel
20. When using a restore point - ____ is not affected; any files you have changed will still remain.
Recovery Console
Computer
Repair
User data
21. If you purchased your system from a major manufacturer - you might not have received a Windows installation disc. For recovery purposes - your system will instead have shipped with a ____ disc or recovery files on a special hard disk partition.
Recovery
Hardware software
Repair
Checksum
22. The repair process 2) verifies that Windows ____ files exist and are correctly configured. Compares the checksum for all Windows system files to make sure they match what's on the installation disc
Applications
Boot
Recovery Console
Fast Repair
23. Be aware when using a parallel installation that ____ is not modified during the installation.
User data
ser data
Previous Versions
Recovery disc/partition
24. ____ procedures are necessary when you are unable to boot the computer - or when you can boot the computer but a problem that you cannot otherwise solve prevents it from working properly.
Undone
Recovery disc/partition
System recovery
Emergency repair
25. If the system has a recovery partition - the partition might not be visible from within the ____. To use the recovery partition - edit the BIOS or boot using a special key combination as dictated by the manufacturer.
Hard disk
Startup Repair
OS
Partition
26. You can start the restore from within Windows - or by booting to the installation disc. For ERD - choose the repair option and select the ____ process.
Previous Versions
Last Known Good
Emergency repair
Lost
27. To create a parallel installation - install Windows to a different ____ on the existing hard drive (such as C:Windows2).
Recovery
Directory
Applications
F2
28. Be aware when using a parallel installation that ____ will need to be reinstalled for the new installation.
Help
Applications
Ntbackup
Partition
29. When you restore files from a backup - you restore the file as it existed when the backup was taken. For Windows 2000/XP - use ____. You can restore individual files or complete folders from the backup.
Boot
Ntbackup
Directory
F2
30. For ESD/ASR - you will need the Windows installation ____ - the backup set - and the ERD/ASR diskette that was created for that system (you cannot use a diskette that was created for a different system). Insert the diskette only when instructed by th
Boot
Repair
Emergency repair
Disc
31. You can restore the original file overwriting the existing file - or restore it to a ____.
Fast Repair
ser data
Different location
Applications
32. If you cannot boot normally - boot into ____ and start System Restore from there.
User data
Properties
Disc
Safe Mode
33. With Windows Vista/7 - the ____ option performs checks (and repairs) automatically.
Startup Repair
Recovery disc/partition
Boot
File properties
34. Be aware when using a parallel installation that ____ will need to be migrated or reconfigured.
OS
Recovery Console
User settings
winnt32.exe
35. Complete PC Restore in Windows Vista/7 restores all of the volumes you selected during the backup - including all ___ on those volumes. You cannot restore individual files from a complete PC backup.
User data
User settings
Do not
Inspects
36. Before using recovery tools - try other methods to resolve the problem including removing problematic ____ or ____.
Properties
Hardware software
Safe Mode
User settings
37. On Windows Vista/7 - if you cannot boot at all - boot the computer from the ____ and repair the installation. Choose System Restore as the option to use.
OS
Startup Repair
Installation disc
User data
38. In Windows Vista/7 - you can use the ____ feature to restore files. Using this is often the fastest way to recover lost - modified - or corrupt files.
Format partition
Previous Versions
Undone
Different location
39. If Windows cannot start and you need access to user data quickly - it could be faster to move the existing hard disk to another ____ to provide immediate access to user files.
OS
BOOT.INI
Computer
Startup Repair
40. The repair process 1) ____ and repairs the boot sector.
Loss of data
Help
Inspects
User data
41. The Recovery Console uses dozens of commands to display information and make changes. You can access a complete description of these commands and their syntax by typing ____ at the command prompt.
Recovery
Overwrite
Help
Repair
42. The ____ is a command line utility you can use to diagnose and repair system problems when you are unable to start the computer in any other way.
Installation disc
Recovery Console
Inspects
Applications
43. Start System Restore you can - from within Windows - click Start/All Programs/Accessories/____/System Restore.
Undone
F2
System Tools
Recovery Console
44. ERD/ASR only restores the ____; you will need to restore all user data following the ERD/ASR process.
OS
Restore point
Boot
Repair
45. Before using recovery tools - try other methods to resolve the problem including ____ drivers - applications - and operating system files.
Updating
User data
Recovery
ser data
46. You can start the restore from within Windows - or by booting to the installation disc. For System Restore - choose the ____ option and then choose Windows Complete PC Restore.
Repair
Installation disc
File properties
Restore point
47. The repair process 3) compares the ____ for all Windows system files to make sure they match what's on the installation disc
Help
Fast Repair
Checksum
Computer
48. You can use the ____ to read boot logs - enable and disable services - and read and write data to the hard disk drive.
Format partition
Updating
User data
Recovery Console
49. When you restore files from a backup - you restore the file as it existed when the backup was taken. For Windows Vista/7 - use the ____ tool. You can restore individual files or complete folders from the backup.
Backup Status and Configuration
Inspects
Startup Repair
Different location
50. You can use the Recovery Console to ____ and ____ drives. Repair a corrupted master boot record - Rebuild BOOT.INI files
Reformats
Checksum
Emergency repair
Format partition