Performing a Clean Windows 8 Installation (Lab Report Sample)

Lab 2
Installing Windows 8
This lab contains the following exercises and activities:
Exercise 2.1
Exercise 2.2
Lab Challenge

Performing a Clean Windows 8 Installation
Joining a Domain
Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8

Exercise 2.1

Performing a Clean Windows 8 Installation

Overview

In this exercise, you will install Windows 8 on a new computer that has no previously installed operating system.

Mindset

In many cases, organizations purchase computers without operating systems installed—sometimes called bare metal workstations—either because they have an existing license agreement or because they intend to purchase the operating system (OS) through a different channel. In these cases, you perform what is known as a clean operating system installation, which is a procedure that creates a new server with the default operating system settings.

Completion time

30 minutes

Question 1

What should you do if the drive on which you want to install Windows 8 already has a partition on it containing an operating system and data you do not need?
You remove the operating system and file by formatting the drive.

Question 2

What should you do if the Where do you want to install Windows? page appears, but it does not list any drives or partitions?
You check to determine whether the drive is installed to the computer as is required. If it is you need to once again format the drive to work with windows 8.

1 Take a screen shot of the Sign in to your PC page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Exercise 2.2

Joining a Domain

Overview

In this exercise, you will join your newly installed Windows 8 workstation to your network’s Active Directory Domain Services domain.

Mindset

To function in an enterprise environment, Windows 8 workstations typically must be part of an Active Directory domain. An administrator must join the workstation to the domain by supplying appropriate credentials.

Completion time

10 minutes

Question 3

What is the primary reason for the joining to a domain to fail at this point?
The primary reason to the fail in joining the domain is that the workstation is not connected to the network thus unable to resolve the DNS. Consequently, the DC for the AD(Active Directory) cannot be found.

1 Take a screen shot of the message box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Lab Challenge

Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8

Overview

In this challenge, you will upgrade a Windows 7 workstation to Windows 8.

Mindset

Assuming that a workstation meets all of the requirements and has compatible drivers and applications installed, it is possible to perform an in-place upgrade, which retains all of the system’s software, data, and configuration settings. However, the more complex the workstation configuration, the more likely it will be for incompatibilities to arise, producing an end result that is unstable or otherwise problematic.

Completion time

20 minutes

In this challenge, you are provided with a computer named WKSTN-MBR-C that is running Windows 7. In the computer’s DVD drive, there is an installation disk for Windows 8 Enterprise, which you must use to upgrade the operating system from Windows 7 to Windows 8. To complete the challenge, complete the following tasks:
1 Windows 7, as configured on WKSTN-MBR-C, is running Internet Information Services. Before you begin the upgrade process, demonstrate that IIS is running by taking a screen shot of the IIS default website. Press Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
2 Upgrade the workstation to Window...