As an A+ Certified Professional you will troubleshoot a number of different problems on the system — this table outlines some of the popular utilities you will use to support or troubleshoot a system. Be sure to know these before taking the A+ Certification exams!
| Filename | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| chkdisk.exe | Check Disk | Check your hard drive for problems with the file system and for bad sectors. |
| regedit.exe | Registry Editor | Make changes to Registry values; can be used to make selective backups. Prior to Windows XP, there were two editors: |
| defrag.exe | Disk Defragmenter | Used from the command line, or graphically through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and |
| ntbackup.exe | Windows NT backup | Back up files to tape or any writable file system. |
| sfc.exe | System File Checker | Verifies that system files have not been modified; or, if they have, replaces them with the original. It works with the hidden C:\windows\system32\dllcache directory and the original operating system CD. |
| taskman.exe | Task Manager | See running programs and services, terminate problems, and view rudimentary performance information about the system. |
| perfmon.exe | Performance Console | View detailed performance information |
| msconfig.exe | System Configuration Tool | Reconfigure the boot process for troubleshooting and diagnosing the boot process. |
| drwtsn32.exe | Dr. Watson | Configure the level of logging you want to do when applications crash. |
| System Information | View hardware and configuration information for your computer. | |
| Event Viewer | Logging component of the operating system; the central location for all logging activity. |
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