Found online quiz - Whats the answer to this one?

[Vampirrella]

I am not very familiar with system restore functions in XP. What would be the correct answer to this question?

System Restore on an XP system is not functional and you have a corrupt restore point. What do you do?

A> Delete the contents of the C:\Windows\repair folder to get rid of the corrupt restore points.

B> Turn off System Restore, reboot and the turn System Restore back on.

C> Run scandisk to repair corrupt files.

D> Boot into the recover Console and run chkdsk /r.

 

[lxskllr]

I do B and D. B to fix the immediate problem, and D to fix the cause.

 

[degibson]

Boot to Linux, and then:
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hda

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: degibson
Boot to Linux, and then:
dd if=/dev/hdb of=/dev/hda

LoL! You cad!

You read my mind...

 

[KeypoX]

NO expert but D. And i think B is wrong, how can you boot into windows and turn on/off system restore when its not functional?

Unless you can do it another way? I dunno I never did it this way though.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: KeypoX
NO expert but D. And i think B is wrong, how can you boot into windows and turn on/off system restore when its not functional?

I believe the intended meaning is that Windows is functional but System Restore is not. This phrasing also tripped me up.

 

[GaryJohnson]

What does "not functional" mean? That's like when someone tells you their PC is 'broken' and they want to know how to fix it without giving you any more information.

If it's giving an error message or clicking a certain button doesn't do something then the next step is to google that particular problem. And how would you know if the restore point is corrupt if you haven't run chkdsk already and system restore is 'not functional'?

A> it's definately not, that's not the right folder for restore points, nor is it the right way to go about deleting them

B> will wipe out all your restore points, which is a bad idea if your trying to restore from one of them (although it doesn't specifically say this is what you're trying to do, but why else would you be running system restore?)

C> It's not scandisk in XP, it's chkdsk

D> you could try this, but I don't think it will actually fix anything