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    This document provides instructions for completing Lab 25 of the MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual. The lab focuses on configuring system recovery options, including creating and reverting to a system restore point, using Windows Safe Mode, and performing a file restore from backup. The lab is estimated to take 70 minutes and involves exercises on WKSTN-MBR-B and SVR-DC-A virtual machines. Students are instructed to document their work by answering questions and taking screenshots in the provided Lab25_worksheet file.

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    This document provides instructions for completing Lab 25 of the MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual. The lab focuses on configuring system recovery options, including creating and reverting to a system restore point, using Windows Safe Mode, and performing a file restore from backup. The lab is estimated to take 70 minutes and involves exercises on WKSTN-MBR-B and SVR-DC-A virtual machines. Students are instructed to document their work by answering questions and taking screenshots in the provided Lab25_worksheet file.

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    MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

    LAB 25
    CONFIGURING SYSTEM RECOVERY OPTIONS

    THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:


    Exercise 25.1 Exercise 25.2 Exercise 25.3 Lab Challenge Creating and Reverting to a System Restore Point Using Windows Safe Mode Performing a File Restore from Backup Performing a PC Reset

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN


    The lab environment consists of student workstations connected to a local area network, along with a server that functions as the domain controller for a domain called adatum.com. The computers required for this lab are listed in Table 25-1.
    Table 25-1 Computers Required for Lab 25
    Computer Server Client Client Operating System Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 7 Enterprise Computer Name SVR-DC-A WKSTN-MBR-B WKSTN-MBR-C

    In addition to the computers, you will also need the software listed in Table 25-2 to complete Lab 25.

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    Table 25-2 Software Required for Lab 25


    Software Lab 25 student worksheet Location Lab25_worksheet.docx (provided by instructor)

    Working with Lab Worksheets


    Each lab in this manual requires that you answer questions, shoot screen shots, and perform other activities that you will document in a worksheet named for the lab, such as Lab25_worksheet.docx. You will find these worksheets on the book companion site. It is recommended that you use a USB flash drive to store your worksheets so you can submit them to your instructor for review. As you perform the exercises in each lab, open the appropriate worksheet file, type the required information, and then save the file to your flash drive.

    SCENARIO
    After completing this lab, you will be able to:

    Create and revert to a system restore point Boot Windows into Safe Mode Backup and restore files using Windows 7 Backup

    Estimated lab time: 70 minutes

    Exercise 25.1
    Overview

    Creating and Reverting to a System Restore Point


    In this exercise, you will create a restore point that can be used to roll back the system files and programs to a previously saved restore point. Sometimes when you install or upgrade a program, Windows or the program does not run properly. If you have a restore point, you can recover from these problems by rolling back to the previous point. 15 minutes

    Mindset

    Completion time

    1.

    On WKSTN-MBR-B, log on using the adatum\administrator account and the Pa$$w0rd password. Type Control Panel and then click the Control Panel icon.

    2.

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    3.

    In the Search Control Panel text box, type Create a Restore point and then press Enter. When the Create a restore point option is displayed, click Create a restore point. Question 1
    Which drive is listed in the Protection Settings box?

    4.

    In the System Properties dialog box (see Figure 25-1), click Configure.

    Figure 25-1 The System Properties page

    5.

    When the System Protection for Local Disk (C:) dialog box opens, click to select Turn on system protection. Then slide Max usage: to 10%. Click OK to close the System Protection for Local Disk (C:) dialog box. To create a restore point, click Create. In the System Protection dialog box, in the Description text box, type Test and then click Create.

    6. 7. 8.

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    9.

    When the restore point is created, take a screen shot of the System Protection dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

    10. Click Close. 11. In the System Properties dialog box, click System Restore. 12. When the System Restore Wizard opens, click Next. 13. Click the Test restore point that you just made and then click Next. 14. In the Confirm your restore point dialog box, click Finish. 15. When presented with a warning message indicating that system restore cannot be interrupted, click Yes to continue. 16. After WKSTN-MBR-B reboots, log on as adatum\administrator using the Pa$$w0rd password. 17. Click the Desktop tile. 18. When the system restore is completed, take a screen shot of the System Restore dialog box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 19. Click Close to close the System Restore dialog box. End of exercise. Leave WKSTN-MBR-B running and logged in for the next exercise.

    Exercise 25.2
    Overview

    Using Windows Safe Mode


    In this exercise, you will boot to Safe Mode and look at the various tools that are available in Safe Mode that can be used to troubleshoot Windows. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting option used for Windows that launches Windows with basic files and drivers. 20 minutes

    Mindset Completion time

    1.

    On WKSTN-MBR-B, log on using the adatum\administrator account and the Pa$$w0rd password. Click the Desktop tile. Mouse over the lower-left corner of the desktop and right-click the Start screen thumbnail that appears there. Then, from the context menu that appears, click Command Prompt (Admin).

    2.

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    3.

    At the command prompt, execute the following command: shutdown /r /o

    4.

    When prompted to shut down the system, click Close. The system will shut down in less than a minute. Click the Troubleshoot tile. Click the Advanced options tile. Click Startup Settings. Select Restart. When the Startup Settings options show (see Figure 25-2), press 4 on the keyboard.

    5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

    Figure 25-2 The Startup Settings page

    10. After WKSTN-MBR-B boots, log in as adatum\administrator using the Pa$$w0rd password.

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    11. Close the Windows Help and Support window. 12. Mouse over the lower-left corner of the desktop and click the Start screen thumbnail that appears there. Then, on the Start page, type msconfig and then click the msconfig tile. 13. Take a screen shot of the General tab by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 14. Click the Boot tab. Question 2
    What is the boot entry that is shown?

    15. Click the Services tab. Question 3


    How many services are running? (Click the Status column to sort the Running vs Stopped entries to make it easier to count the Running entries).

    16. Click to select Hide all Microsoft services. Question 4


    How many non-Microsoft services do you have?

    17. Click OK to close the System Configuration window. 18. Mouse over the lower-left corner of the desktop and click the Start screen thumbnail that appears there. Then, from the context menu that appears, type compmgmt.msc and then click the compmgmt tile. Question 5
    Which program was opened by typing compmgmt?

    19. Click Event Viewer > Windows Logs and then review the System log and the Application log. (If you were actually experiencing a problem, you would look for events that would help you troubleshoot the problem.) 20. Close the Computer Management console. 21. Use File Explorer to navigate to the C:\Windows folder and locate the ntbtlog.txt file.

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    22. Open the ntbtlog.txt file to view its contents. 23. Take a screen shot of the ntbtlog file by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 24. Close the ntbtlog.txt file. 25. Move the mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to display the Charms bar. Then click Settings > Power > Restart to restart the computer. End of exercise. Leave Windows running for the next exercise..

    Exercise 25.3
    Overview

    Performing a File Restore from Backup


    In this exercise, you will back up some files and then restore one of those files using the Windows 7 Backup program. When you are having computer problems and all other troubleshooting efforts fail to reveal the issue, you can restore from a backup (assuming you took the precaution of taking a backup). 25 minutes

    Mindset

    Completion time

    1.

    On SVR-DC-A, log in using the Adatum\administrator account and the Pa$$w0rd password. On the Taskbar, click File Explorer. Create a C:\Data folder. Right-click the C:\Data folder and choose Properties. In the Data Properties dialog box, click the Sharing tab. Click the Advanced Sharing button. In the Advanced Sharing dialog box, click to select Share this folder. Click the Permissions button. Click to select Allow Full Control Permission for the Everyone group.

    2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

    10. Click OK to close the Permissions for Data dialog box. 11. Click OK to close the Advanced Sharing dialog box. 12. Click Close to close the Data Properties dialog box.

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    13. Log into WKSTN-DOM-B as contoso\administrator using the Pa$$w0rd password. Click the Desktop tile. 14. Mouse over the lower-left corner of the desktop and right-click the Start screen thumbnail that appears there. Then, from the context menu that appears, click the Control Panel option. 15. In the Search Control Panel text box, type Windows 7 File Recovery and click Windows 7 File Recovery link. The Windows 7 File Recovery page appears (see Figure 25-3).

    Figure 25-3 The Windows 7 File Recovery page

    16. Click Set up backup. 17. On the Set up backup page, click Save on a network. 18. When the Set up backup page opens, ... In the Network location text box, type \\svr-dc-a\data. 19. In the Username text box, type adatum\administrator. In the Password text box, type Pa$$w0rd. Click OK.

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    20. On the Set up backup page, ensure \\SVR-DC-A\data is selected and then click Next. 21. On the What do you want to back up? page, select the Let me choose option and then click Next. Question 6
    By default, which items are selected for backup?

    22. Deselect Include a system image of drives: System Reserved, (C:) and then click Next. 23. On the Review your backup settings page, click Save settings and run backup. 24. When the backup is complete, take a screen shot of the Windows 7 File Recovery page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 25. On the Windows 7 File Recovery page, under the Restore section, click the Restore my files button. 26. In the Restore Files window, click Browse for folders. 27. When the Browse the backup for folders or drives dialog box opens, click Backup of C: and then click Add folder. 28. On the Browse or search your backup for files and folders to restore page, click Next. 29. When you are prompted to identify where you want to restore the files, In the original location is already selected. Click Restore. 30. In the Copy file dialog box, select Do this for all conflicts and then click Copy and Replace. 31. When the restore has been completed, take a screen shot of the Your files have been restored page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 25 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. 32. Click Finish. 33. Close Windows 7 File Recovery. End of exercise. Leave Windows open for the next exercise.

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    Lab Challenge
    Overview

    Performing a PC Reset
    In this exercise, you will demonstrate how to perform a PC reset.

    Mindset

    A PC reset allows you reset the computer to its factory settings, removing all of your personal files and apps. A PC refresh allows you to reset the computer without affecting your files. 10 minutes

    Completion time

    During this exercise, you will specify the steps to perform a PC reset. This exercise is written exercise. End of lab. You can log off or start a different lab. If you want to restart this lab, youll need to click the End Lab button in order for the lab to be reset.

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