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Actual exam question from CompTIA's 220-1002

Question #: 194
Topic #: 1

SIMULATION -
A Windows 7 machine appears to have a failure. Every time it is rebooted, the message `BOOTMGR is missing` appears.
You have previously inserted a Windows 7 installation DVD into the DVD-ROM.
Please repair this failure without overwriting the customers' local user profiles.

INSTRUCTIONS -
Use the Windows recovery and repair utilities to remediate the issue.
If at any time you would like to bring back the initial state of the simulation, please click the Reset All button.

Show Suggested Answer

Suggested Answer: Please see explanation.
Step 1: Choose Boot from Windows 7 DVD

Step 2: Click Install -
Step 3: Choose Upgrade

by uneducatedgenius at April 3, 2021, 11:58 p.m.

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ENGNET81

Highly Voted 4 years, 1 month ago

Step 1: Choose Boot from Windows 7 DVD Step 2: Click Repair Step 3: Select Command Prompt Step 4: Enter “bootrec /fixboot”

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LeoBhx

Highly Voted 4 years ago

Read all question, 'Use the Windows recovery and repair utilities to remediate the issue'. Step 1: Choose Boot from Windows 7 DVD Step 2: Click Repair Step 3: Select Command Prompt Step 4: Enter “bootrec /fixboot” ENGNET81 is right. And upgrade option is possible only when old system is working

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PythonWolf

Most Recent 2 years, 8 months ago

An in-place upgrade repair install is a "last gasp" method of restoring a Windows 7 installation that will not boot. This is from the official CompTIA guide.

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Hundo_954

2 years, 11 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHMJgvGf0Fc looks like bootrec /fixboot or bootrec /rebuildbcd would work depending on situation

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iLikeBeagButt

3 years, 1 month ago

The bootrec command is a Windows Recovery Environment troubleshooting and repair tool that repairs the master boot record, boot sector, or BCD store. It replaced the old fixboot and fixmbr Recovery Console commands (a Windows XP tool) and adds two more repair features: • bootrec /fixboot Rebuilds the boot sector for the active system partition • bootrec /fixmbr Rebuilds the master boot record for the system partition • bootrec /scanos Looks for Windows installations not currently in the BCD store and shows you the results without doing anything • bootrec /rebuildmbr Looks for Windows installations not currently in the BCD store and gives you the choice to add them to the BCD store. - Mike Meyers ebook

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Dodi123

3 years, 7 months ago

Step 1: Choose Boot from Windows 7 DVD Step 2: Click Repair Step 3: Select Command Prompt Step 4: Enter “bootrec /fixboot” OR bootrec /rebuldbcd as it is saying BOOTMGR missing? thank you!!

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Evening4001

3 years, 9 months ago

Cmd is Bootrec /RebuildBcd https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/-bootmgr-is-missing-press-ctrl-alt-del-to-restart-error-when-you-start-windows-8bc1b94b-d243-1027-5410-aeb04d5cd5e2

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MrBook

3 years, 10 months ago

bootrec /fixboot is for W7 bootrec /fixmbr is for W10 if we run command bootrec /fixboot we get error message saying fixboot is not accessible

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user54321

3 years, 10 months ago

This is incorrect, the commands do different, although related, things: /FIXMBR The /FIXMBR switch writes an MBR to the system partition. /FIXBOOT The /FIXBOOT switch writes a new boot sector onto the system partition. So /fixmbr is only going to work if you have and MBR partition structure on your hard drive, which we don't know. Also the simulation is on a windows 7 machine so i'm unsure why you think /fixboot wouldn't work? Are you saying you gave this answer on the exam and got it wrong?

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ramzie

4 years ago

The given answer is correct i just did my core 2. I did upgrade and it went through. I got 3 pbq 2 of them from here and about 20 questions from this site but i pass my core 2 now i A+ certify now to do linux +

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l0609890

4 years ago

Congrats! Thanks for taking the time to share

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banditring

3 years, 10 months ago

Ramzie: did you go through all 484 questions?

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Joey420

4 years, 2 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHMJgvGf0Fc This runs through a few options for the visual learners like myself

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khshuhel

4 years, 2 months ago

Anyone suggest which method I will use * Boot from windows 7 then click install and upgrade Or Repair computer then command prompt type following command bootrec /rebuildbcd bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot I confused , which is correct pls suggest.

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dnbly

4 years, 2 months ago

Upgrade or bootrec /fixmbr will both have the same result (upgrade is just a GUI running automated commands like bootrec in the background). My advice is remember both options and see what the PBQ allows during the exam. If you cannot follow the repair link to cmd then the only option left is upgrade.

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dnbly

4 years, 1 month ago

Got this question in the exam, /fixboot is correct. The gui repair is not available.

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Frosty73

4 years, 2 months ago

That is what I did. By clicking on the Repair your Computer button you'll have access to the rest of the features, including going to the Command Prompt. In there, you can type in bootrec /fixmbr. I believe fixmbr relates to fixing the Boot Manager's code while fixboot is about creating a new partition boot sector to a certain partition, so for this particular PBQ it's be fixmbr.

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dnbly

4 years, 1 month ago

Right explanation but the commands are the other way around.

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JoeyPF

4 years, 2 months ago

bootrec /fixboot is the command. It'll confirm if typed correctly.

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uneducatedgenius

4 years, 2 months ago

How come you dont go into WinRE and use command prompt then bootrec /fixboot or fixmbr?

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