3.8. Answers

  1. A. The file is named ntbtlog.txt. See "Booting into Safe Mode".

  2. D. fixboot is the command to repair the boot sector. Review "Recovery Console".

  3. B. The only files that are required on a Windows XP boot disk are ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini. Check out "Working with Boot Disks".

  4. E. Either of these two options, Last Known Good Configuration or Enable VGA Mode will allow him to boot his computer. If he chooses to boot the Last Known Good Configuration, any changes that he made to the hardware configuration since the last boot will be lost. If he chooses the Enable VGA Mode, he will be able to select a different driver to be used by the graphics controller or apply other software patches to get the system running. Safe Mode should be his next step on correcting the problem. Peruse "Using F8 Options During Boot-up".

  5. B. The boot log file is stored in the Windows directory. For more information, see the section titled "Tracking the boot with a bootlog".

  6. A, C, E. To complete an ASR restore, you need an ASR floppy disk, your ASR backup, and the Windows XP installation CD. After completing the ASR restore, you might want to restore a more recent backup to update any files on your boot drive that were changed since the ASR backup or to restore files from partitions other than the boot partition. The ERD is used when performing emergency repairs on Windows 2000 computers. Take a look at "ASR in Windows".

  7. A, C. Only Windows 2000 ...

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