Os Installation

Question 1

What is PXE standard (Preboot eXecution Environment)?

Answer 1

Standard sieciowy umożliwiający bootowanie komputera przez sieć zamiast z dysku

Question 2

USB Boot requirements

Answer 2

The USB drive must be bootable and the computer BIOS/UEFI must support booting from USB.

Question 3

Netboot / Internet-based installation

Answer 3

A method used by macOS Recovery or Linux distros to install an OS directly from the web.

Question 4

ISO Image on External Drive

Answer 4

An optical drive image that can be mounted on some external drives to boot like a physical disk.

Question 5

Multiboot

Answer 5

A configuration that allows a user to choose from two or more operating systems during startup via a boot menu.

Question 6

Clean Install

Answer 6

An installation method that wipes the storage drive completely before installing the OS.

Question 7

In-place Upgrade

Answer 7

An installation that updates the OS while maintaining existing applications and user data.

Question 8

Image Deployment

Answer 8

Deploying a pre-configured clone (image) of an OS to multiple computers simultaneously.

Question 9

Recovery Partition

Answer 9

A hidden partition on the hard drive containing the original installation files for system restoration.

Question 10

Repair Installation

Answer 10

A process that fixes Windows OS problems without modifying or deleting user files.

Question 11

Zero-touch Deployment

Answer 11

A fully automated installation process that requires no user intervention and includes company-specific configs.

Question 12

Partition vs. Volume

Answer 12

A partition is a logical division of a physical drive; a formatted partition is called a volume in Microsoft terms.

Question 13

GPT Partition Style (GUID Partition Table)

Answer 13

The modern partitioning standard requiring UEFI BIOS; supports up to 128 partitions and huge sizes.

Question 14

GPT Maximum Partition Size

Answer 14

Over 9 billion TB (though Windows currently limits it to 256 TB).

Question 15

MBR (Master Boot Record) limitations

Answer 15

Maximum partition size of 2 TB and a limit of four primary partitions.

Question 16

MBR Primary Partition

Answer 16

A bootable partition; MBR disks can have up to four of these.

Question 17

MBR Extended Partition

Answer 17

An optional partition type used to exceed the 4-partition limit by containing multiple logical drives.

Question 18

Quick Format

Answer 18

A formatting method that creates a new file table without checking for bad sectors or erasing data.

Question 19

Full Format

Answer 19

A formatting process that writes zeros to the entire disk and checks for bad sectors; data is unrecoverable.

Question 20

diskpart

Answer 20

The Windows command-line utility used to perform a Full Format or advanced disk management.