220-802 · Question #970
A technician would MOST likely use Windows PE on a Windows 7 system to perform which of the following functions?
The correct answer is B. Fix file system issues outside of the OS. Windows PE is a lightweight bootable environment designed to perform maintenance and repair tasks on a Windows system from outside the running OS.
Question
A technician would MOST likely use Windows PE on a Windows 7 system to perform which of the following functions?
Options
- AInstall new programs outside of the OS
- BFix file system issues outside of the OS
- CPrint specialized reports of processes starting at boot
- DInstall new hardware with appropriate drivers
How the community answered
(51 responses)- A2% (1)
- B90% (46)
- C6% (3)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Windows PE is a lightweight bootable environment designed to perform maintenance and repair tasks on a Windows system from outside the running OS.
Windows PE is not intended for permanent program installation; it is a temporary repair environment and programs installed within it do not persist after reboot.
Windows PE allows technicians to boot into a minimal environment and run file system repair tools such as chkdsk without the installed OS holding locks on its own files, making it the correct tool for diagnosing and repairing file system corruption that cannot be addressed while Windows 7 is running.
Generating specialized boot process reports is not a function of Windows PE; tools like Sysinternals Process Monitor running within the full OS handle that task.
Hardware driver installation is performed within the full Windows OS environment using Device Manager or vendor setup programs, not within Windows PE.
Concept tested: Windows PE use case for file system repair outside the OS
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/winpe-intro
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