70-687: Configuring Windows 8 (Objective 1.2)

Front 1

What are the methods of installation available for Windows 8?

Back 1

Clean Install

In-Place Upgrade

Automated Installation

Migration

Front 2

During upgrade from Windows XP. What can I move across?

Back 2

Files only

Front 3

During upgrade from Vista. What can I move across?

Back 3

Files and settings

Front 4

During upgrade from Windows 7. What can I move across?

Back 4

Files, Settings, Software

Windows 7 is the only Os with a full upgrade path to Windows 8

Front 5

What is one of the most common reasons for choosing a Clean Install?

Back 5

Windows Vista, the operating system has created a 100 MB System Reserved
partition at the beginning of drive 0 in the computer that contains startup and rescue
files. With Windows 8, the size of this partition has grown to 350 MB, so an upgrade
might not bring all the startup benefits Windows 8 offers because it won’t change
the size of this partition

Front 6

What circumstances should you (usually) always perform a Clean Install?

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■■ The computer currently has no operating system.
■■ You are migrating a user from one computer to a different computer.
■■ The existing operating system is Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, or earlier.
■■ The computer is currently running a non-Windows operating system.

Front 7

You can perform a clean installation of Windows 8 in three ways. What are they?

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■■ By running Setup.exe from an installation DVD or USB flash drive
■■ By running Setup.exe from a network share
■■ By installing using an image
First look at creating an installable

Front 8

What does Windows PE stand for?

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Windows Pre-Installation Environment

Front 9

What is the purpose of creating a custom Windows 8 installation

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Create an installation with specific hard drivers, software, or updates.

Front 10

To start the Windows installer from a network share, you can create Windows PE bootable
media, but you will also need the following:

Back 10

A technician computer on which to install the Windows Assessment and Deployment
Kit (Windows ADK). 32-bit Windows version is best because it supports both 32-bit and 64-bit.

A reference computer that represents a typical computer in the organization.

A test computer on which you can make sure everything works afterward.
A Windows 8 installation DVD and valid product key.
An empty USB Flash drive with at least 4 GB of free space, if you want to run Windows PE from a USB flash drive.
An external storage device with at least 8 GB of free space. This can be a network location
that you create using the net use e: \\server\share command.

Front 11

Windows ADK stands for?

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Windows Assessment and Deployment
Kit

Front 12

Which cmd prompt do I use to create the net work share?

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net use e: \\server\share

Front 13

To create a Windows PE Disk what do I use at the command line?

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copype amd64 C:\winpe_amd64

Front 14

What does Windows PE stand for?

Back 14

Windows Pre-Installation Environment

Front 15

To create a Windows PE Disk for 32-bit only, what do I use at the command line ?

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copype amd64 C:\winpe_x86

Front 16

Which cmd prompt mounts the Windows PE base-image file and unpacks its contents to a folder so that you can make changes,
such as adding boot-specific drivers.

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dism /mount-image /imagefile:c:\
winpe_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /mountdir:C:\winpe_amd64\
mount

Front 17

Which cmd do I use to add required drivers to Win PE?

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dism /image:C:\winpe_amd64\mount
/Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Drivers\network.inf

Front 18

Using Windows PE, how do I commit your changes and unmount the image at the cmd line?

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dism /unmount-image /
mountdir:C:\winpe_amd64\mount /commit

Front 19

How do I copy the Windows PE image to a USB flash drive (F:)?

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MakeWinPEMedia /UFD
C:\winpe_amd64 F:

Front 20

What does DISM stand for?

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Deployment Image Servicing and Management

Front 21

sysprep.exe /oobe

What does this switch do?

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■ /oobe restarts the computer in welcome mode, the first startup mode for a new user of
the computer.

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sysprep.exe /audit

What does this switch do?

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/audit restarts the computer in audit mode, which is a special mode that allows you to
make changes to the default user account and to the operating system, such as installing
software, before locking down the image.

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sysprep.exe /generalize

What does this switch do?

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/generalize prepares the installation for locking down and use by a user.

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sysprep.exe /reboot

What does this switch do?

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/reboot restarts the computer.

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sysprep.exe /shutdown

What does this switch do?

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/shutdown shuts down the computer.

Front 26

Which prompt at Windows PE, do you use to capture the image?

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diskpart

Front 27

To capture the Windows partition as an image?

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dism /Capture-Image /
CaptureDir:D:\ /ImageFile: E:\ThinImage.wim /Name:”Contoso”

Front 28

How to copy a thin image?

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copy D:\ThinImage.wim E:\Images\

Front 29

To capture the image using ImageX and display information about the image file I use which switch.

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■ /info displays information about the .wim image file, including its size and image index
number.

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To capture the image using ImageX from a drive into a new .wim file I use which switch.

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/capture captures a volume image from a drive into a new .wim file. This includes all
subfolders and files.

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To capture the image using ImageX to apply volume image to a specified drive, I use which switch.

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/apply applies a volume image to a specified drive. All hard disk partitions must be created
before starting this process, and then you can run this option from Windows PE.