A very old PC is running a critical, proprietary application in MS-DOS. Administrators are concerned about the stability of this computer. Installation media has been lost, and the vendor is out of…

The correct answer is B. Purchase matching hardware and clone the disk. Because if the old PC fails, the administrators will be able to restore the critical application from the cloned disk on new hardware. Scheduling chkdsk tests (A) and performing quarterly backups (D) are good practices, but they will not protect the business if the old PC fails…

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Question

A very old PC is running a critical, proprietary application in MS-DOS. Administrators are concerned about the stability of this computer. Installation media has been lost, and the vendor is out of business. Which of the following would be the BEST course of action to preserve business continuity?

Options

APerform scheduled chkdsk tests.
BPurchase matching hardware and clone the disk.
CUpgrade the hard disk to SSD.
DPerform quarterly backups.

How the community answered

(53 responses)

A
6% (3)
B
62% (33)
C
23% (12)
D
9% (5)

Explanation

Because if the old PC fails, the administrators will be able to restore the critical application from the cloned disk on new hardware. Scheduling chkdsk tests (A) and performing quarterly backups (D) are good practices, but they will not protect the business if the old PC fails completely. Upgrading the hard disk to SSD (C) will improve the performance of the old PC, but it will not protect the critical application if the disk fails.

Topics

#Business Continuity#Disaster Recovery#Legacy Systems#Disk Cloning

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