Chapter 10

Windows Installation

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • What are the functions of operating systems?

  • What are operating system software and hardware requirements?

  • What is the process of upgrading an operating system?

  • What is disk management?

  • How do you install a Windows operating system?

  • What are custom installation options?

  • What are the boot sequence and Registry files?

Key Terms

This chapter uses the following key terms. You can find the definitions in the glossary at the end of the book.

active partition page 511

Administrator account page 516

answer file page 520

application page 499

application programming interface (API) page 499

basic disk page 512

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