CompTIA® A+ Exam Prep (Exams A+ Essentials, 220-602, 220-603, 220-604)

Chapter 13. Major Windows Structures

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Terms you’ll need to understand:

• BOOT.INI

• NTLDR

• Registry

• Active partition

• Primary partition

• Extended partition

• File allocation tables

• Master file tables

• Root directory

• NTFS

• Files

• Directories

• Permissions

• Logical partitions

• POST

• Bootup

• CDFS

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Exam objectives you’ll learn in this chapter:

Essentials 3.1: Identify the fundamentals of using operating systems.

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Identify names, purposes, and characteristics of the primary operating system components, including Registry, virtual memory, and file systems.

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Identify the names, locations, purposes, and characteristics of operating system files, for example:

• BOOT.INI

• NTLDR

• NTDETECT.COM

• NTBOOTDD.SYS ...