Nt1310 Unit 1 Study Guide

Reviewing the Basics
1. What is the purpose of the Windows.old folder?
Created by Vista during the installation, it holds the previous installation of Windows
2. How can you delete the Windows.old folder?
From the drive properties box when you click Disk Cleanup
3. By default, when does Vista automatically defrag a drive?
Every Wednesday at 1:00AM
4. Using Vista, what type of command prompt window is needed to run the Chkdsk command?
Elevated command prompt window
5. What is the path to the startup folder for each user in Windows Vista?
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows|\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
6. What is the path to the startup folder for all users in Windows Vista?
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Program\Startup
7. What utility does Vista use to manage startup programs?
Software Explorer, which is part of Windows Defender
8. What Vista window is used to uninstall software?
Programs and Features window
9. What is the path to the Windows XP startup folder for each user?
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
10. What is the path to the Windows XP startup folder for all users?
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Program\Startup
11. What is the normal path of the Windows paging file used for virtual memory?
C:\pagefile.sys
12. What is the path to the Internet Explorer cache folder in Windows Vista?
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
13. Why is it important to not store a back up of drive C on another partition on the same hard drive?
If the hard drive fails, both partitions will be lost.
14. What is the program filename of the Windows XP backup utility?
Ntbackup.exe
15. What program file must you execute to install the Backup utility in Windows XP Home Edition?
Ntbackup.msi
16. What is the %SystemRoot% folder as used in Microsoft documentation?
The folder in which Windows is installed, usually C:\Windows
17. What Vista utility creates restore points?
System Protection
18. How can you delete all restore points?
Turn off System Protection
19. Where are restore points kept?
C:\System Volume Information,
20.
In what folder does Windows XP store a backup of the registry when backing up the system state?
C:\Windows\repair\RegBack.
21. Which editions of Vista don’t include Complete PC backup?
Vista Starter and Vista Home editions
22. What two components are created when you back up an XP system using the Automated System Recovery process?
A full backup of the drive on which Windows is installed and an ASR floppy disk on which information that will help Windows use Automated System Recovery is stored
23. What file in the user account folder stores user settings?
Ntuser.dat
24. In what folder is the registry stored?
C:\Windows\system32\config
25. In what folder are 32-bit programs stored by a 64-bit edition of Windows Vista?
C:\Program Files (x86)
26. What is the purpose of the C:\Windows\CSC folder?
It holds offline files and folders maintained by Windows Offline Files
27. In a command line, what is the purpose of the ? in a filename?
It represents a single wildcard character.
28. What is the purpose of the |more parameter at the end of a command line?
To list information one screen at a time
29. What is the command to list all files and subdirectories in a directory?
Dir /s
30. What command is replacing
Xcopy?
Robocopy
31. Which is more stable, RAID implemented by Windows or RAID implemented by hardware?
Hardware RAID is more stable.
32. When you move a dynamic disk to a new computer, what status will Disk Management first assign the drive?
Foreign drive
33. Which edition of Vista allows you to install a language pack by using Windows Update?
Windows Vista Ultimate

Thinking Critically
1. Write and test commands to do the following: (Answers can vary) a. Create a folder named C:\data Md C:\data b. Create a folder named C:\data\test1 and a folder named C:\data\test2 Md C:\data\test1 Md C:\data\test2 c. Copy Notepad.exe to the Test1 folders. Copy C:\Windows\Notepad.exe C:\data\Test1 d. Move Notepad.exe from the Test1 folder to the Test2 folder. Copy C:\data\test1\notepad.exe C:\data\test2 Del C:\data\test1\notepad.exe e. Make C:\ the default folder CD\ f. Without changing the default folder, list all files in the Test2 folder. Dir C:\data\test2\*.* g. Delete the Test2 folder. Del C:\data\Test2\*.* RD C:\data\Test2 h. Delete the C:\data folder Del C:\data\Test1\*.* RD C:\data\test1 RD C:\data
2. You are trying to clean up a slow Windows Vista system and discover that the 75 GB hard drive has only 5 GB free space. The entire drive is taken up by drive C. What is the best way to free up some space? a. Compress the entire hard drive b. Move the \Program Files folder to an external hard drive c. Delete the Windows.old folder d. Reduce the size of the paging file Answer: c. Delete the Windows.old folder
3. Which is the best first step to protect important data on your hard drive? a. Use dynamic disks to set up a striped volume so that the data has redundancy b. Back the data up to another media c. Compress the folder that holds the data d. Put password protection on the data folder Answer: b. Back the data up to another media