ET504 Experiment 02 - Assignment (1)

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Queensborough community College Engineering Technology Computer Operating System and Deployment Course: ET504 Section: C5 D5L Instructor: Prof. Sitbon Laboratory Experiment #02 Windows PE Command Language and System Layout Created by: Kiran Ajaz Date executed: 04/29/2024. Date handed in: 04/11/2024. Grade:____________ 1

Objective : The objectives of this lab encompass creating a bootable USB Flash drive using Windows PE 10, tailored for system repair, maintenance, and scripting across various devices. The focus includes utilizing a customized startup script to open DiskPart and connect to the department's server SNAS, accessing shared resources, exploring low-level format utilities, understanding UEFI restrictions and internal storage drive parameters, launching the BIOS Boot Menu, managing drive letters for storage media, learning about Windows partition layout and hard drive system anatomy, mastering Windows PE commands, DiskPart functions, file extensions, and common Command Prompt commands like wildcards, redirectors, pipes, and the Format Command structure within Windows PE. The lab also aims to provide a brief explanation of the purpose and function of various DiskPart commands. Questions 1. What command was executed to access the Disk Management Utility from Windows 10? What privilege level must it run under to utilize the program?  Type CMD in the Search/Cortana entry box.  Right-click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator."  Confirm the User Access Control prompt by clicking Yes.  Enter DiskPart and press Enter.  This method runs DiskPart with elevated administrator rights. The privilege level required to utilize the DiskPart program effectively would be administrative, especially for operations that involve modifying disk partitions or performing low-level disk management tasks. 2. What commands were issued from the Disk Management program to prepare that 16 GB Flash drive so that it can store the operating system and boot the operating system?  The command List Disk to view drive, select disk to focus the usb, clean to low level format drive, created a primary partition, set is active so it will be bootable, formatted drive in NTFS file system and assigned a label, final step was to assigned a drive letter. 3. What steps were taken to access the department’s server?  To access the department's server, the following steps were taken: 1.Log on to the servers and access the shared resources. 2.Opened the File Explorer program from the Taskbar. 3.Selected the "This PC" entry from the left pane. 4.Clicked on the computer symbol located in the address bar. 5.Typed in the server name: \SNAS in the address bar and pressed the enter key. 6.The Windows Security Login screen appeared, where the full username ETSEC\Student and the password 3c3tLab were entered. 3

7.Pressed the OK button to complete the login process without checking the box to "Remember my credentials." 8.If the login process was successful, the visible resources on the SNAS server would be displayed in the File Explorer window. 4. What steps were taken to install or transfer the Windows PE operating system onto the 16 GB Flash drive? How did you know the drive letter of the flash drive to access?  The process of installing or transferring the Windows PE operating system onto the 16 GB Flash drive started with accessing the ISO files located in the shared folder path: Software ➡ ET-504 ➡ WindowsPE ➡ WPE10x64AS ➡ ISO folder. All files and folders within the ISO folder were selected using the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl> + <A> or the Menu bar entry Home ➡ Select All. Subsequently, the selected items were copied to the USB Flash drive by either right-clicking on one of the highlighted items and selecting Copy from the pop-up menu or using the Menu bar entry Home ➡ Copy. The USB Flash drive window was then accessed, and the files were pasted by right- clicking on a blank area and selecting Paste from the pop-up menu or using the Menu bar entry Paste. This process ensured that all necessary files and folders were successfully transferred to the USB Flash drive, preparing it to function as a bootable device for Windows PE. The identification of the drive letter assigned to the flash drive was crucial, which was done by checking the file explorer window or observing the pop-up notification that appears when a USB device is connected. The method of booting up (UEFI or MBR), the success of the Windows PE boot, the drive letter displayed in the command prompt window, and the operating system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) can be determined during the boot-up and operation of Windows PE. This information is obtained by checking the computer's BIOS/UEFI settings, monitoring the boot process, using command line tools such as diskpart and systeminfo, and observing system information displayed during the Windows PE operation. 5. What is “Low Level Format”? What are some of the methods that can be used to access this utility? Describe the different levels of Low Level Format. Low Level Format is a process that completely erases all data on a hard drive and resets it to its original state. It is a more thorough process than a regular format, as it scans the entire drive for defective sectors and remaps them. Low Level Format can be accessed through different methods: I. DOS programs: These are older programs that run in a DOS environment and perform a zero-fill of all sectors on the drive. II. Windows-based programs: Some programs, like the one mentioned (WinDlg_124), can low-level format a secondary drive from within a running Windows operating system. 4

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