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Month: April 2001

1.3 Load alternate third-party drivers when necessary

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 14 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

You may need to load alternate third party drivers after an operating system installation. For example, your OS may not recognize the controller that a storage device is plugged into,…

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1.3 File System Formatting

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 13 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Swap partition A swap partition is used for memory management. If you’re running many applications and you’re running out of memory, your OS can temporarily copy unused information to the…

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1.3 File System Types

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 12 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Before data can be written to a partition, it must be formatted with a file system. The file system is the way the OS is going to categorize and store…

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1.3 Partitioning

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 11 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Disk partitioning is the process of separating the physical drive into logical pieces. Partitions can be useful to keep data separated, but multiple partitions are not always necessary. Partitions are…

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1.3 Types of OS Installations

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 10 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Unattended installation During a normal Windows installation process, there are a number of prompts with questions you have to answer. With unattended installation, you answer all Windows question in a…

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1.3 Boot Methods

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 9 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

When you’re installing an operating system you’ll need a boot media. Optical discs and external drivers are popular boot media. Optical disc(CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray) Optical discs as a boot media…

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1.2 Desktop Styles / User Interface

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 8 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

In a work environment, you may have a standard desktop with a common user interface. Customization may be limited. On your home computer, you will have complete flexibility of your…

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1.2 Corporate vs. Personal Needs

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 7 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Windows in a corporate environment poses additional challenges. For example, you’ll need large scale support to manage hundreds or thousands of devices. You’ll also have security concerns. Mobile devices with…

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1.2 Compare and contrast features of Microsoft Windows versions.

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 6 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Windows 7 Windows 7 introduced Libraries, Home Group, and the pinned task bar at the bottom of the screen. There are 6 main editions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Starter…

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1.1 Compatibility concerns between operating systems

1. Operating Systems (220-1002), Comptia A+ (Plus), Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002

This entry is part 5 of 278 in the series Comptia A+ (Plus) 220-1002 Series

Generally, movies and music can be shared between different operating systems. However, applications usually have no compatibility between operating systems. Applications have to be built for the specific operating system…

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