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A technician is installing an operating system on a new computer. Which of the following is the first step of the process?
The correct answer is A. Setting the boot order. Before anything else can happen during an OS installation, the computer must be configured to boot from the installation media (USB drive, DVD, or network). This is done by entering the BIOS/UEFI firmware settings and setting the boot order so the installation media is the…
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A technician is installing an operating system on a new computer. Which of the following is the first step of the process?
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- ASetting the boot order
- BFormatting the hard drive
- CEntering the product key
- DSelecting the filesystem
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A87% (41)
- B2% (1)
- C6% (3)
- D4% (2)
Explanation
Before anything else can happen during an OS installation, the computer must be configured to boot from the installation media (USB drive, DVD, or network). This is done by entering the BIOS/UEFI firmware settings and setting the boot order so the installation media is the first boot device. Without this step, the computer will attempt to boot from the (empty) hard drive and fail or display a 'no bootable device' error. Formatting (B), entering the product key (C), and selecting the filesystem (D) all occur later during the installation process itself.
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