You work as the help desk support technician at Domain.com. The Domain.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Domain.com. All client computers on the Domain.com network run Windows XP Professional, and each computer has one hard disk that has one partition.
A user who works in the Engineering department at Domain.com, named Rory Allen, logs on to his computer with administrative credentials. Rory Allen reports that he did not create a backup of the Boot.ini file on his computer before modifying it. When Rory Allen restarts his computer, he receives the error message shown below:
“Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk” Rory Allen receives the same error message Every time he restarts the computer.
You have to make sure that Rory Allen is able to log on to his computer. You advise Rory Allen to restart his computer with the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM and run the Recovery Console.
Which of the following is the task that you should complete next?
A.
Instruct Rory Allen to copy Ntldr system file to the root of the system root partition.
B.
Instruct Rory Allen to copy the Ntdetect.com system file to the root of the system partition.
C.
Instruct Rory Allen to run the bootcfg /rebuild command.
D.
Instruct Rory Allen to run the fixmbr command.
Explanation:
The bootcfg command is a Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console command that manipulates the Boot.ini file. This command has a function that can scan your hard disks for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP installations, and then add them to an existing Boot.ini file. The function can also rebuild a new Boot.ini file if one does not exist. With the bootcfg command, additional Boot.ini file parameters can be added to existing or new entries.
To use the bootcfg command, start the Recovery Console with the Windows XP CD-ROM, and then click Recovery Console. Or, install the Recovery Console locally, and then select the command from the Boot menu.
The bootcfg /rebuild command scans the hard disks of the computer for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP installations, and then displays the results. You can add the detected Windows installations.
You may receive a message that is similar to the following message:
Total Identified Windows Installs: 2 [1] C:Windows Add installation to boot list? (Yes/No/All):
Enter Load Identifier: (Custom description for an operating system loading from the Boot menu) Enter Operating System Load Options: (that is: /fastdetect) [2] D:Windows Add installation to boot list? (Yes/No/All):
Enter Load Identifier: (Custom description for an operating system loading from the Boot menu) Enter Operating System Load Options: (that is: /fastdetect)