A technician is trying to perform an in-place upgrade of a Windows OS from a file. When the technician double-clicks the file, the technician receives a prompt to mount a drive. Which of the…

The correct answer is B. .iso. An ISO file is an exact sector-by-sector image of an optical disc (such as a DVD). Windows 10 and later can natively mount ISO files as virtual drives, which is why double-clicking prompts the user to mount it - the OS treats it as if a physical disc were inserted. Windows…

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A technician is trying to perform an in-place upgrade of a Windows OS from a file. When the technician double-clicks the file, the technician receives a prompt to mount a drive. Which of the following file types did the technician download?

Options

A.msi
B.iso
C.zip
D.exe

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A
6% (1)
B
94% (16)

Explanation

An ISO file is an exact sector-by-sector image of an optical disc (such as a DVD). Windows 10 and later can natively mount ISO files as virtual drives, which is why double-clicking prompts the user to mount it - the OS treats it as if a physical disc were inserted. Windows installation media is commonly distributed as ISO files. An .msi file is a Windows Installer package that launches an installation wizard directly. A .zip file is a compressed archive that opens in File Explorer. An .exe file is a directly executable program. None of those three would trigger a 'mount a drive' prompt.

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#File types#Windows OS installation#Disk images#OS upgrade

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