Chkdsk: This tool checks the integrity of the harddrives in your machine this tool can check and correct errors found on the local harddrive. The tool can be launched from a command prompt by opening the command prompt and typing in chkdsk. Chkdsk has many options such as chkdsk /f. This command will fix the errors found when you run just the standard chkdsk this only report the status of the harddrive. Next tool on our list is the disk defragmenter tool.
What are the parts of a hard drive's geometry? Answer: Number of cylinders, Number Sectors per track, Number of read/write heads Chapter 7 6. When a computer is first booted, the initial instructions come from _____ . Answer: BIOS 7. Fully updating the BIOS by erasing and rewriting it is called _____ Answer: Flashing Chapter 8 8.
Within the terminal output from the preceding step you should notice something called xeyes. Simply launch xeyes from the terminal prompt. This should result in a small dialog with two large eyes that will track the mouse movement around the screen. Click on the top of the dialog to gain focus, then take a screenshot of the xyes window, save it to your screenshots folder, and insert it as the third slide in the still-open presentation document. To exit xeyes and return to the terminal prompt, either close the xyes dialog using the appropriate window control or type from the
– Installing the Fedora/RHEL OS is copying the OS files from a CD, DVD, or Flash drive on to the hard drives of the system then setting up the config files so the Linux runs properly on the hardware. Chapter 3 Q1. – A live session is a Linux session that is running on your computer without you actually installing Linux on your computer. The advantages you have by running a live session is you can preview the system without installing it and your computer will not be changed. Q4.
Read-only memory is computer memory on which data has been prerecorded. Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read. The POST beep codes make troubleshooting a computer start-up problem easier because without the codes a user would not know what was wrong with computer. There are so many different problems that can occur when your computer breaks down. Having beep codes to help decipher the problem makes the repairs easier.
8/1/2014 Computer Structure: Course NT1110 1) Motherboard, power supply, RAM, NIC, Processor, and the type of Graphic Card needed 2) The input process is any device that you plug into the computer (keyboard, mouse, external drive/ flash drive). The output process is considered what is display (show) up on the screen. The end results of what is you enter (type) into the computer. When you use your keyboard to type a message or obtain information from the hard drive. 3) When the printer displays “abcd” or garbled text, you may want to delete the current printer status and reinstall the printer to the correct driver.
Its disk overhead requires all of its drives to be running. Its 100% redundancy means that no data will be lost. 6. If you, as a home computer user, were to purchase a form of RAID, which would you choose and why? It depends on why I need the RAID.
Third, u must have a blank DVD. Then, you start your macbook, and u find the bootcamp program in launchpad. Next, u choose the “download drive program” and “start to install window system”buttons. After that, u will receive a tip that u have to part the whole hard disk to 2 parts. And then, hit the “install” button.
Record the first error message that is found in the compile message window: __________________________________________________________________ 5. If you click on an error message, the error message will be highlighted as well as the line of source code where the error occurred. What line is referenced by the second error message? (copy it here)
The operating system loads itself into memory and begins managing the resources available on the computer. It then provides those resources to other applications that the user wants to execute. * A task scheduler * A memory manager * A disk manager * A network manager * Other I/O services manager * Security manager The Linux kernel, created by Linus Torvalds, was made available to the world for free. Because it is free and runs on PC platforms, it gained a sizeable audience among hard-core developers very quickly. Linux has a dedicated following and appeals to several different kinds of people: * People who already know UNIX and want to run it on PC-type hardware * People who want to experiment with operating system principles * People who need or want a great deal of control over their operating system * People who have personal problems with Microsoft * In general, Linux is harder to manage than something like Windows, but offers more flexibility and configuration options.