Lesson 2 - Chapter 2: Installing Windows

Question 1

If the system you’re upgrading is running fine, making a backup can be as easy as… (2) [different ways to backup]

Answer 1

1. Copying it off to a network location
2. Copying it to an external/removable media

Question 2

What do you do if a PC doesn’t work and you need to move the data on the drive to a new system?

Answer 2

Boot to an OS on a USB thumb drive or other removable media (then restore data after)

Question 3

What should you do post-installation?

Answer 3

Make a list of post-installation tasks such as restoring backed-up data

Question 4

Don’t upgrade until you are….?

Answer 4

prepared to do a clean install if the upgrade fails

(everything is backed up)

Question 5

What are the 4 steps you can take to save yourself the stress of a failed upgrade?

Answer 5

1. Remove unneeded programs, delete old files
2. Check the hard drive for errors (Disk Optimization)
3. Uncompress all files, folders, and partitions if using compression
4. Perform malware scan, then remove/disable all anti-malware (even in BIOS/UEFI setup utility if it’s built-in)

Question 6

You try to install an OS on a system with an existing OS by inserting the installation media but it’s not working. What do you check?

Answer 6

Check to make sure the boot order is set to boot from the installation media in the BIOS/UEFI setup

Question 7

What’s the option to do a clean install during the installation wizard?

Answer 7

Custom: Install Windows Only (advanced)

Question 8

What do client machines need in order to do a network OS installation?

Answer 8

the client machines need to be connected to a server with a default/custom Windows Installation image (another PC, a full server with Windows Server, etc)

Question 9

What does PXE stand for?

Answer 9

Preboot Execution Environment

Question 10

What does PXE do?

Answer 10

it can boot from a network location

Question 11

How do you enable PXE? (5 steps)

Answer 11

You go into the BIOS/UEFI settings > NIC settings > enable > change boot sequence to boot from the network

(on reboot, press F12 to network boot)

Question 12

What do you do if there’s no PXE available in the BIOS/UEFI?

Answer 12

You can also create boot media that will boot from a network location