17.7. Summary
In this chapter, you learned about preventive maintenance for operating systems. Keeping your computer healthy will save you a lot of stress. Examples we discussed included using approved hardware and making sure you have the right driver, installing and shutting down Windows properly, updating Windows, performing backups, and creating restore points.
Then we talked about options for dealing with boot issues, including advanced startup options, using repair options or the Recovery Console, and creating emergency boot disks or repair disks. We also identified some common boot errors and their options.
Next we gave you some tips for troubleshooting the Windows environment. Just as with troubleshooting hardware, it is important that ...
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