Pre-Test: What Do You Already Know?

Let us determine how much you already know about Assembling Computer Systems
Servicing. Take this test.

PRE-TEST LO 2 A

A. Arrange the different versions of Windows Operating System in ascending order.

_________ MS-DOS
_________ Windows ME - Millennium Edition
_________ Windows XP
_________ Windows Vista
_________ Windows Server
_________ Windows Home Server
_________ Windows 95
_________ Windows 98
_________ Windows NT 31. - 4.0
_________ Windows 2000
_________ Windows 1.0 - 2.0
_________ Windows 3.0 – 3.1
_________ Windows 10
_________ Windows 7
_________ Windows 8

B. ESSAY: Expand your understanding about the following terms. (5 Points each)

a. Bootable Device

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

b. Software License

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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C. Arrange following procedure on how to create bootable flash drive. Label your answer in
ascending order.

______ Insert your USB flash drive and open the Command Prompt (CMD)
______ Type 'active' and hit Enter
______ Type 'clean'.
______ Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter.
______ Type 'diskpart'.
______ Type 'exit' and hit Enter.
______ Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter.
______ Type 'list disk'
______ Type 'select disk 1'
______ Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter.

D. Write the System Requirements needed in installing Windows operating system

WINDOWS 8 64-BIT
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

WINDOWS 7
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

WINDOWS Vista
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

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 DISCUSSION: INFORMATION SHEET

LO2: Prepare Installer

Learning Code: TLE_IACSS912ICCS-If-j-29

Objectives:
2.1 Create portable bootable devices in accordance with software manufacturer instruction
2.2 Prepare customized installers in accordance with software utilization guide and end user
agreement
2.3 Carry out installation of portable applications in accordance with software user guide
and software license

Bootable Devices
A boot device/bootable device is any piece of hardware that can read or contains
the files required for a computer to start. For example, a hard drive, floppy disk drive, CD-
ROM drive, DVD drive, and USB jump drive are all considered bootable devices. However,
unless the necessary boot files are stored on the drive, diskette, or disc, the computer
cannot boot from that device.
The most commonly used boot device or boot drive is the hard drive. When an
operating system, such as Microsoft Windows, is installed onto the hard drive, it copies the
boot files and drivers required to load Windows onto the computer. When installing a new
operating system, troubleshooting the computer, or booting from another drive (e.g., CD-
ROM drive), a bootable disc or setup disc is inserted into the drive. If the boot sequence is
set up correctly in CMOS setup and the bootable disc is in the computer, it will load from the
disc.
Operating System Needed in Creating Bootable Device.

Windows Operating System

MS-DOS
Windows 1.0 - 2.0
Windows 3.0 – 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME - Millennium Edition
Windows NT 31. - 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10
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 Windows Server
Windows Home Server
Windows CE
Windows Mobile
Windows Phone 7-10
Other Operating systems

Macintosh
Red Hat
Linux
Unix
Apple's macOS (formerly OS X)
Chrome OS,
BlackBerry Tablet OS and flavors of the open source operating system Linux

System Requirements for Supported Windows Operating Systems

To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or
other software resources to be present on a computer. These prerequisites are known as
(computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute
rule. Most software defines two sets of system requirements: minimum and recommended. With
increasing demand for higher processing power and resources in newer versions of software,
system requirements tend to increase over time. Industry analysts suggest that this trend plays a
bigger part in driving upgrades to existing computer systems than technological advancements.
A second meaning of the term of system requirements, is a generalization of this first definition,
giving the requirements to be met in the design of a system or sub-system.

The following are the System Requirements for the Different Microsoft Windows
Operating System:

Windows

Operating system Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7

CPU Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 at 2.4 GHz

Memory 2 GB RAM

Free space 8 GB of free space, 23.8 GB + 1 GB Swap File space

DirectX 9.0c compatible video card. 3D Hardware Accelerator -

Graphics hardware
256MB of memory minimum

Sound hardware DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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 Windows

Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit

Operating system
Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2
Core 2 Quad Q6600 at 2.4 GHz or AMD Phenom 9850 at
CPU
2.5 GHz
Memory 4 GB RAM
Free space 65 GB of free space
DirectX 10-compatible GPU: GeForce 9800GT 1GB or ATI
Graphics hardware
Radeon HD 4870 1GB
Sound hardware DirectX 10 compatible sound card

Create a bootable USB flash drive and/or External Hard Drive

Using Command Prompt

A common use USB flash drives can be used to boot into

Windows. Booting from removable media such as a USB drive allows
you to perform diagnostics on a computer that is having trouble
booting from the hard drive. This guide will outline making a bootable
USB flash drive with Windows operating system.

1. Insert your USB flash drive to your running computer. As the first step, we need to
run Command Prompt as administrator. To do this, we need to find cmd by typing
'cmd' in the search box on Windows Start Menu. After search result for 'cmd'
appears, right click on it and select "Run as administrator".
2. Type 'diskpart' on Command Prompt (without quotes) and hit Enter. Wait for a while
until the DISKPART program run.
3. Type 'list disk' to view active disks on your computer and hit Enter. There would be
seen that the active disks shown as Disk 0 for hard drive and Disk 1 for your USB
flashdrive with its total capacity.
4. Type 'select disk 1' to determine that disk 1 would be processed in the next step
then hit Enter.
5. Type 'clean' and hit Enter to remove all of data in the drive.
6. Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter. Creating a primary partition and
further recognized by Windows as 'partition 1'.
7. Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter. Choosing the 'partition 1' for setting up it as an
active partition.
8. Type 'active' and hit Enter. Activating current partition.
9. Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter. Formatting current partition as NTFS file
system quickly.
10. Type 'exit' and hit Enter. Leaving DISKPART program but don't close the Command
Prompt instead. We would still need it for next process.

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Create a bootable USB flash drive and/or External Hard Drive Using Rufus Application
Software

Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB
keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. It can be especially useful for cases where: you need to
create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.) you need to
work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed.

Rufus system requirements

With that out of the way, let's look at the requirements for Rufus:

 Apple (or PC) running Windows XP or later (preferably Windows 7+)

 Rufus application
 ISO (supported operating systems)
 8 GB USB flash drive (minimum recommended)

Step-by-step procedure on how to create bootable flash drive using Rufus

application software:

Step 1: Rufus requires an account with admin

access in order to make the necessary
changes to hardware. After authenticating,
insert the USB flash drive and launch Rufus. It
will detect the drive almost immediately.
Since Rufus can handle various partition
schemes and file structures, ensure that the
correct settings are set that match the UFD
you're going to build.

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Step 2: Click the optical drive button next to the Create a bootable disk using
checkbox, and you'll be prompted to search for the ISO image to use.

Step 3: When using ISO images,

Rufus will automatically modify
the settings to best match it.
Once everything is set correctly,
click the Start button to begin the
process. You'll be prompted with
a warning that all data on the
UFD will be destroyed. Click OK
to proceed with the creation process

Step 4: Depending on the ISO image size, the

process may take several minutes to
complete. For the log readout of each step in
the process, click the Log button to open a
side window and save the output details.

Step 5: The longest part of the entire

process is the file copy portion. This is
typically the last step and varies
depending on file size/number of files to
copy.

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 Step 6: When complete, double-check
the external drive to verify the files
were copied over.

Terms and regulations in software license

A software license is a legal instrument (usually by way of contract law, with or
without printed material) governing the use or redistribution of software. Under United
States copyright law, all software is copyright protected, in both source code and object
code forms, unless that software was developed by the United States Government, in which
case it cannot be copyrighted.  Authors of copyrighted software can donate their software
to the public domain, in which case it is also not covered by copyright and, as a result,
cannot be licensed.
A typical software license grants the licensee, typically an end-user, permission to
use one or more copies of software in ways where such a use would otherwise potentially
constitute copyright infringement of the software owner's exclusive rights under copyright.

Post-Test: How Much Have You Learned?

POST-TEST LO 2 A

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A. Arrange the different versions of Windows Operating System in ascending order.
_________ MS-DOS
_________ Windows ME - Millennium Edition
_________ Windows XP
_________ Windows Vista
_________ Windows Server
_________ Windows Home Server
_________ Windows 95
_________ Windows 98
_________ Windows NT 31. - 4.0
_________ Windows 2000
_________ Windows 1.0 - 2.0
_________ Windows 3.0 – 3.1
_________ Windows 10
_________ Windows 7
_________ Windows 8

B. ESSAY: Expand your understanding about the following terms. (5 Points each)

a. Bootable Device
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

b. Software License
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

C. Arrange following procedure on how to create bootable flash drive. Label your answer
in ascending order.
______Insert your USB flash drive and open the Command Prompt (CMD)
______Type 'active' and hit Enter
______Type 'clean'.

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 ______Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter.
______Type 'diskpart'.
______Type 'exit' and hit Enter.
______Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter.
______Type 'list disk'
______Type 'select disk 1'
______Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter.

D. Write the System Requirements needed in installing Windows operating system

WINDOWS 8 64-BIT
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

WINDOWS 7
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

WINDOWS Vista
CPU
Memory
Free space
Graphics hardware
Sound hardware

PERFORMANCE TEST: How Do You Apply What You Learned?

Title: Create a Bootable flash drive using Command Prompt

Materials Needed: 10

Flash Drive
 PERFORMANCE SCORE CARD

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA SCORING

1 2 3 4 5

1. Insert your USB flash drive and open the

Command Prompt (CMD)

2. Properly insert the CD/DVD installer of

Operating System

3. Follow the procedure in creating

bootable flash drive.

4. Perform the task in less than 5 minutes

5. Successfully created a bootable flash

drive (free from errors)

5 - Excellently Performed
4 - Very Satisfactorily Performed
3 - Satisfactorily Performed
2 - Fairly Performed
1 - Poorly Performed

Congratulations!
You did a great job! Rest and relax while then
move on to the next lesson. Good Luck!

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 REFERENCES

https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Computer-Systems-Servicing-
NC-II-CG.pdf
https://tesda.gov.ph/Download/Training_Regulations?Searchcat=Training%20Regulatio
ns
https://turbofuture.com/computers/Dissassembling-and-Assembling-the-computer-syst
em
https://www.instructables.com/id/Disassemble-a-Computer/
https://www.slideshare.net/mekashawtizazu/ch-2-computer-assembly-disassembly

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