Summary: 100 | 5. Maintaining Windows 10

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• 1 Configuring System and Data Revovery

• 1.1 Recover Files

• What are 5 File Recovery methods

  
  - File History
  - WIndows 7 Backup
  - Previous version (File History)
  - LAN-based copies (network copies)
  - Cloud-based copies (Onedrive/Azure backup)

• 6 properties of File History

  
  It is Off by default.
  Automatically saves your profile & libraries every hour.
  - The backup schedule can be modified.
  - Retention can be modified.
  - The to be backt up folders can be modified.
  - Backup destination cannot be the Windows drive, but can be any other local or network drive.

• 3 properties of Windows 7 Backup Program

  
  - Same tool as in Windows 7 and 8.
  - Can create full backup images or only specific folders.
  - The folder backups are in a .ZIP format. The image backups in a .VHDX format.

• 1.2 Recover Apps and the Registry

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• What are 4 things that System Restore Recover

  
  - System files (exe/dll/sys).
  - Registry.
  - Installed applications.
  - Drivers.
  
  No documents, pictures, videos, music etc. File History is available to backup these.

• When does Windows create restore points (4 options)

  
  - Before the installation of unsigned device drivers.
  - Before the installation of new applications.
  - Before some specific Windows Updates.
  - Whenever the user/admin wants. A set of triggers can be configured to start a restore within the Task Scheduler.

• 5 Powershell commands related to System Restore

  
  - Enable-ComputerRestore : Turns System Restore on.
  - Disable-ComputerRestore : Turns System Restore off.
  - Get-ComputerRestorePoint : View existing restore points.
  - Checkpoint-Computer : Create a new restore point.
  - Restore-Computer : Apply a restore point.

• 1.3 Recover Windows

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• 6 methods for OS Recovery

  
  OS boot issues
  - Startup Repair.
  - Command prompt (bcdedit, etc.)
  
  Damaged OS
  - Revert to previous build.
  - Image restore.
  - System Recovery Disk.
  - Reset PC.

• Properties of a System Repair Disk

  
  - Use it when the system cannot boot normally.
  - It contains the various recovery tools (WinRE).
  - Can restore the image/disk from disk or LAN.
  - You can build you own using WADK 10 (Windows Assessment and Deployment kit).

• 4 Properties of an Image Backup.

  
  - Bit out of time, there are better tools nowadays.
  - Wont have to reinstall or reconfigure your apps and settings afterward.
  - Wont delete your personal files.
  - Takes your entire system and creates a backup image of it. When applied takes your entire system back in time to when the image was created.

• How does Windows start / boot

  
  1. Master Boot Record (MBR)
  - Saved at start of disk 0.
  - Contains Master boot code.
  - Contains partition information and which disk is active (bootable).
  
  2. Windows Boot Manager (BootMgr)
  - Saved at boot sector of active (bootable) partition.
  - Reads BCD (Boot Configuration Data).
  - Finds and start Winload.
  
  3. Windows OS Loader (WinLoad)
  - Saved on active (bootable) partition.
  - Loads essential system drivers.
  - Starts and hands of control to NTOSKrnl (Windows NT operating system kernel executable).