Chapter 15 Solutions
Review Questions
1. Your server has some damaged disk areas and won’t boot or run chkdsk automatically when you try to boot. Which of the following options should you try to fix the disk? Answer: d. Boot from the Windows Server 2008 installation DVD and access the command prompt to run chkdsk.
2. You are training a new server administrator and are discussing common boot problems. Which of the following do you mention? (Choose all that apply.) Answer: a. disk read errors, b. corrupted boot file, c. corrupted partition table, and d. disk failure on a drive containing boot files
3. You’ve just added a new monitor and driver to your server, but when you reboot, the display on the monitor is unreadable and
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(Choose all that apply.) Answer: b. Check the system log for memory errors. and c. Check the Hardware Events log. 8. Name three options that are available when you boot into the repair mode from the Windows Server 2008 installation DVD. Answer: Windows Complete PC Restore, Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool, and Command Prompt
9. Which of the following might be part of your problem-solving strategy? (Choose all that apply.) Answer: a. Regularly check the logs. and d. Look for the simple solutions first.
10. You have inadvertently deleted an important Group Policy Object. What tool can you use to restore it? Answer: Group Policy Management MMC snap-in
11. Your Windows Server 2008 server is having trouble booting, and you suspect that it is related to a driver or service that is not properly starting. How can you track each of the startup actions of the server so that you can later go back and review each one for problems? Answer: c. Select Enable Boot Logging from the Advanced Boot Options menu options when you boot.
12. Your company’s server won’t boot. The Management Council just completed the five-year strategic plan and placed the only copy on the server before it crashed. Which of the following can you do to try and retrieve the file containing the plan? Answer: d. Boot into the command line and use the copy command to copy the file off of
The third section is about how to fix windows from locking up on boot up. The first step is to try to turn off the computer completely. When doing that you should at least wait about 5 minutes and then you can turn the computer back on. Then the second step is unplugged the cord that turns on the computer. When doing that you should count till thirty. After that you can turn the computer back on. Then the third step is to put the computer into safe mode. Safe mode is what helps fix the computer. In order to get safe mode you have to press the F8 button then it will boot up and go into the start up selection. When it does that press the safe mode. Once safe mode does its job then shutdown your computer and turn it back on again. This relates
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Bryan Atkinson complained about experiencing a type of fault wherein he gets a black empty Windows better called as the System32\cmd.exe in Windows 8.1 startup. Because of such a type of issue, the overall operation of the PC keeps occurring in an extremely weird manner. The real point of worry with such a type of fault is that such an issue keeps persisting even when the system is run in the Safe
I have taken the time and reviewed files and made changes to files in the W drive.
Owing to such a fault, it has been perceived that while attempting to burn a particular DVD with the aid of the Roxio software everything simply appeared to get freezed-up. If, in case, the user restarts the machine, an error message gets generated stating that- “It appears as though Windows has recovered from a critical error”. Also, it is simply not possible for a concerned user to be able to read the message that necessarily pops-up and the blue screen simply flashes almost on an instantaneous
Start the restore process which would involve contacting the appropriate technical support staff, explaining the problem to the technician.
An inventory specialist in the Manufacturing and Operations Department needs to determine what file systems are mounted on his Linux computer because he is not sure that the DVD/CD-ROM drive is properly mounted. Explain the steps he should use to determine the mounted file systems, and also note which file system should be mounted for the DVD/CD-ROM.
The first failure that I’m going to talk about in isolating and fixing is hardware failure; in order to find out that the hardware has failed we need to be able to detect it first. Once it’s been detected we need to isolate the computer from the rest of the computers on the network meaning disconnect it from the server so that it’s not connected to the network.
Run System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to fix this issue. Follow the path sequence as Start>All Programs>Accessories and then right-click on the Command Prompt. Then, Run as administrator. Once done, type SFC /scannow command and then press the Enter key.
The BIOS is at the start of the pc you can hit F10 on my pc it will bring BIOS up. In the BIOS menu if gives you options to give what order you would like hard drives of disk drives to boot up first when turning on your pc. It is also used to control the keyboard. This is a chip that is standard on all motherboards .
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Note: On Windows Vista and Windows 7, if your user login does not have administrative privileges or is not included in
· Open Task Manager, click File Run new task, type ‘msconfig’ without quotes and press enter
Back up data. If unable to boot, transfer hard drive to a PATA to USB converter and back up to another computer memory stick, replace hard drive before starting the troubleshooting process.
When you cannot detect the presence of the hard drive in the CMOS setup or when the operating system doesn’t locate the hard drive, it’s logical to think that the data loss has occurred. This POST failure results in hard drive to become inactive. This is when you hear the clicking noise from the hard drive. Sudden temperature variations may directly influence the data loss to occur.