220-802 · Question #908
A user has a damaged file and has problems booting up. Which of the following is the BEST choice to repair a corrupted Windows XP boot file?
The correct answer is D. FIXBOOT. FIXBOOT is a Recovery Console command in Windows XP that writes a new boot sector to the system partition, repairing a corrupted or missing boot sector. It is the correct targeted tool for boot file corruption in XP. FIXMBR is the companion command for repairing the Master Boot…
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A user has a damaged file and has problems booting up. Which of the following is the BEST choice to repair a corrupted Windows XP boot file?
Options
- AFDISK
- BFORMAT
- CBOOTREC
- DFIXBOOT
How the community answered
(26 responses)- A12% (3)
- B8% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D77% (20)
Explanation
FIXBOOT is a Recovery Console command in Windows XP that writes a new boot sector to the system partition, repairing a corrupted or missing boot sector. It is the correct targeted tool for boot file corruption in XP. FIXMBR is the companion command for repairing the Master Boot Record. BOOTREC is the Windows Vista/7/8/10 equivalent (not available in XP's Recovery Console). FDISK is a legacy DOS partitioning tool used to create/delete partitions, not repair boot files. FORMAT erases all data on a partition - it would destroy data and is never the 'best choice' for a simple boot repair.
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