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You work as a Network Administrator for McNeil Inc. You have a Windows 2000 Professional computer. You install Windows XP Professional on this computer and configure it for dual-boot. After configurin

The correct answer is A. Use ERD to create a new BOOT.INI.. You can use ERD to fix this problem. You can boot from the Windows XP Professional installation CD- ROM and attempt to repair the existing installation. You can select the Inspect Startup Environment option to verify and repair the Windows XP Professional files in the system part

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You work as a Network Administrator for McNeil Inc. You have a Windows 2000 Professional computer. You install Windows XP Professional on this computer and configure it for dual-boot. After configuring the computer successfully, you take a full backup using the NTBACKUP.EXE utility and create a new Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). Accidentally, you delete the BOOT.INI file from your computer. When you restart the computer, you receive an error message and the computer stops responding. You want to restore the computer to its previous state with the least amount of effort. How will you accomplish this?

Options

  • AUse ERD to create a new BOOT.INI.
  • BFormat the hard disk using FAT32 file system.
  • CGo to Recovery Console.
  • DGo to Recovery Console.

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    81% (21)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • D
    8% (2)

Explanation

You can use ERD to fix this problem. You can boot from the Windows XP Professional installation CD- ROM and attempt to repair the existing installation. You can select the Inspect Startup Environment option to verify and repair the Windows XP Professional files in the system partition. A new BOOT.INI is automatically created. Now, you will be able to boot to Windows XP Professional and manually edit the BOOT.INI file to add Windows 2000 Professional to the boot Answer: B is incorrect. Although, you will be able to boot the computer by using this option, all configurations will be lost. Hence, it will not accomplish this task. Answer: C is incorrect. The Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM does not contain a Answer: D is incorrect. The Windows 2000 Professional installation CD-ROM does not contain a

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#BOOT.INI#Emergency Repair Disk#boot problems#system recovery

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