Perform OS Installations and Upgrades

Question 1

Answer 1

Windows System Image Manager is used to configure answer files.

Question 2

Answer 2

Configuring boot devices and priority in a computer’s firmware setup program.

Question 3

Answer 3

Default choices made by the guided setup program for Ubuntu Linux.

Question 4

operating system (OS) installation

Answer 4

copies the files from the installation media to
a partition on the target computer’s fixed disk.

Question 5

attended installation

Answer 5

• Clean install- to new computer or completely replacing the OS on an old computer.
• upgrading- working with old verison.

Question 6

Upgrade Considerations

Answer 6

• hardware compatibility- cpu/RAM/ chipset
• application and driver support/backward compatibility
• Backup files and user preferences
• Obtain third-party drivers
• Upgrade Advisor software

Question 7

Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)

Answer 7

is a catalog of tested devices and drivers.

Question 8

Upgrade Advisor software

Answer 8

to check whether existing computer hardware/software will be compatible with a new version of Windows.

Question 9

unattended installation/answer file

Answer 9

uses a script or configuration file to input the choices and settings that need to be made during setup

Question 10

script

Answer 10

are used to automate tasks, run processes, or enhance existing applications.

Question 11

Script vs. program

Answer 11

Scripting typically helps automate processes and configure existing applications, while programming develops the applications themselves

Question 12

image deployment

Answer 12

creating a master image of an operating system, applications, drivers, and settings, and then deploying that image to multiple target devices.

Question 13

boot method

Answer 13

the process of starting up (firmware set-up) a computer system and loading its operating system (OS).

Question 14

boot methods

Optical Media

Answer 14

Historically, most attended installations and upgrades were run by booting from optical media (CD-ROM or DVD).

Question 15

boot methods

bootable USB/physical DVD

Answer 15

Microsoft provides a Media Creation Tool to create installation media from the product
setup files.

Question 16

boot method

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)

Answer 16

is a standard that allows computers to boot from a network, typically for the purpose of OS installation or management tasks.

Question 17

boot method

internal hard drive

Answer 17

as the default (highest priority) boot device, and disable any other boot devices.

Question 18

Disk Configuration

Answer 18

Mass storage devices like HDDs or SSDs must be partitioned and formatted to create a file system, with partition details stored in either MBR or GPT structures.

Question 19

Disk Configuration

partition

Answer 19

is the division of a physical disk into smaller, more manageable parts for scalability and performance.

Question 20

partition manager

master boot record (MBR)

Answer 20

• first 512-byte sector on disk
• Each primary partition contains a boot sector
• system firmware must be on legacy BIOS boot up

Question 21

partition manager

globally unique identifier (GUID) partition table (GPT)

Answer 21

• more than 4 primary partitions
• back-up copies
• boot up set on UEFI
• 2TB

Question 22

Drive format

file system

Answer 22

• Windows uses NTFS
• macOS uses APFS
• Linux uses ext3/ext4

Question 23

recovery partition

Answer 23

is a tool used by OEMs to restore the OS environment to its ship state.
(press F11 or CTRL F11) at start up