Answer Set #7

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1. List the files which must be on the system partition in order for Windows NT to boot on an Intel platform, with an EIDE hard-drive, and dual-boot capability to Windows 95.

• NTLDR
• BOOT.INI
• NTDETECT.COM
• BOOTSECT.DOS

2. Which file contains a copy of the boot sector that was on the hard-drive before Windows NT was installed (for example, on a dual-boot system)?

• BOOTSECT.DOS

3. Which file is responsible for examining the system hardware on system boot and building a list which is passed to the Registry?

• NTDETECT.COM

4. Which file is the Windows NT kernel on an Intel platform?

1. OSLOADER.EXE
2. NTOSKRNL.COM
3. NTOSKRNL.EXE
4. KERNEL.EXE
5. RISCKRNL.EXE

• NTOSKRNL.EXE

5. Using the same choices given in question #4, which file is the Windows NT kernel on a RISC-based system?

• NTOSKRNL.EXE

6. Which file is needed if a SCSI hard-disk adapter does not have its BIOS enabled?

1. NTBOOTIE.SYS
2. NTBOOTDD.COM
3. NTBOOT.SYS
4. NTBOOTDD.SYS

• NTBOOTDD.SYS

7. If you have a system with a BIOS-disabled SCSI hard-disk adapter, will the BOOT.INI file entry start with "multi" or "scsi"?

• SCSI

8. Name at least a couple things NTLDR is responsible for on system boot on an Intel-based computer.

• Switches the processor to a 32-bit flat memory model, which can support up to 4 GB of RAM
• Starts the appropriate minifile system to find and load Windows NT from different file system formats
• Reads the BOOT.INI file and displays the operating system choices
• Runs NTDETECT.COM
• Loads NTOSKRNL.EXE

9. Which files are not needed on RISC-based computer, but are mandatory on an Intel-based computer for system boot?

• NTLDR
• BOOT.INI
• BOOTSECT.DOS
• NTDETECT.COM

10. Of the following ARC configurations, which one is not possible?

1. scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)
2. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)
3. multi(1)disk(3)rdisk(0)partition(0)
4. multi(1)disk(3)rdisk(0)partition(1)
5. scsi(1)disk(3)rdisk(0)partition(3)

• multi(1)disk(3)rdisk(0)partition(0)

  The key is in the last part of the ARC name, the partition number. Partition numbers have to be at least 1 -- they cannot be 0 (zero).

11. Name the two times when Windows NT will attempt to load the LastKnownGood configuration.

• When the system is recovering from a severe or critical device driver loading error
• When the user requests that the LastKnownGood configuration be loaded

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