You work for a small city IT department and have just received a new, unformatte

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You work for a small city IT department and have just received a new, unformatted laptop hard drive from the manufacturer that you need to replace a damaged unit. You take all appropriate safety precautions, assemble the required tools, and replace the laptop’s hard drive. You then boot the laptop to test it. What do you expect to happen?

A. You expect to see the laptop boot into Windows.

B. You expect to see a message saying that there is no operating system present.

C. You expect to see a message saying Windows needs to be configured.

D. You expect that you will receive a message saying the BIOS needs to be installed.

Explanation / Answer

B. If you installed an unformatted hard drive in a laptop, when you boot the machine, you’ll receive a message stating that no operating system is present. You will need to format the drive and install an operating system.

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