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Installation Sources - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Bootable USB - Computer must support booting from USB
  • CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
  • PXE - Preboot eXecution Environment
  • NetBoot - Apple tech to boot Macs from the network
  • Solid state drives/hard drives - Store many OS installation files
  • External / hot swappable drive - Boot from USB
  • Internal hard drive - Install and boot from separate drive
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Types of installations - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • In-place upgrade - Maintain existing applications and data
  • Clean install - wipe the slate clean and reinstall
  • Image - deploy a clone on every computer
  • Unattended installation - Answer questions in a file (unattend.xml)
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Other installation types - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Repair installation - Fix problems with the OS
  • Multiboot - Pick from two or more operating systems from a single installation media
  • Recovery partition - Hidden partition with installation files
  • Refresh / restore - Windows 8 feature to clean things up
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MBR (Master Boot Record) partition style - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Maximum of four primary partitions per hard disk
  • One of the primary partitions can be marked as Active
  • Extended partitions increase the maximum number of partitions
  • Logical partitions inside an extended partition are not bootable
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GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition style - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • The latest partition format standard - Requires a UEFI BIOS
  • Can have up to 128 primary partitions
  • No need for extended partitions or logical drives
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Disk partitioning - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • The first step when preparing disks
  • An MBR-style hard disk can have up to four partitions
  • GUID partition tables support up to 128 partitions
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FAT - File allocation Table file system - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • One of the first PC-based file systems (circa 1980)
  • FAT32 - Native support in Windows 2000 and newer
    • Larger (2 terabyte) volume sizes
    • Maximum file size of 4 gigabytes
  • exFAT - Extended File Allocation Table
    • Microsoft flash drive file system
    • Files can be larger than 4 gigabytes
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NTFS (NT File System) and CDFS (Compact Disk File System) - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • NTFS is included with Windows NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
  • Provides quotas, file compression, encryption, symbolic links, large file support, security, recoverability
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CDFS (Compact Disk File System) - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Read data from a CD-ROM

* CDFS is an ISO 9660 international standard

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Other file systems - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • ext3 - Third extended file system - Commonly used by Linux OS
  • ext4 - Fourth extended file system - An update to ext3
  • NFS - Network File System
    • Access files across the network as if they were local
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Basic disk storage - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Available in DOS and Windows versions
  • Primary/extended partitions, logical drives
  • Basic disk partitions can’t span separate physical disks
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Dynamic disk storage - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Span multiple disks to create a large volume
  • Split data across physical disks (striping)
  • Duplicate data across physical disks (mirroring)
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Quick format vs. full format - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Quick format in Windows Vista, 7, and 8/8.1
  • Quick format creates a new file table - Data is not erased
  • Full format fully erases data from the drive - Check sectors
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Other installation considerations - Planning a Windows Installation

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  • Load alternate third party drivers when necessary
  • Decide on Workgroup vs. Domain setup - Home vs. business
  • Time/date/region/language settings
  • Driver installation, software and windows updates
  • Install a factory recovery partition

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