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  1. Which Windows 10 feature creates restore points that can roll back system files and registry settings without affecting personal files?

    Answer: System Restore

    System Restore takes snapshots of system files, installed programs, and the registry, allowing rollback to a previous state.

  2. A Windows 10 PC is running slowly. Which built-in tool analyzes startup services and provides a performance score?

    Answer: Task Manager > Performance and Startup tabs

    Task Manager's Performance tab shows real-time CPU, memory, and disk utilization, while the Startup tab rates each item's impact.

  3. Which Windows 10 utility defragments HDDs and optimizes (TRIM) SSDs on a schedule?

    Answer: Optimize Drives (defrag)

    Optimize Drives automatically detects drive type, running defragmentation for HDDs and TRIM/retrim operations for SSDs.

  4. Which tool provides advanced startup options including Safe Mode, Startup Repair, and Command Prompt for a Windows 10 PC that won't boot normally?

    Answer: Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)

    WinRE is a recovery platform available from the boot menu that provides diagnostic and repair tools outside the normal OS.

  5. What does enabling 'Reserved Storage' in Windows 10 do?

    Answer: Reserves a portion of disk space so Windows updates always have room to install

    Reserved Storage sets aside around 7 GB of disk space exclusively for Windows updates, temporary files, and caches.

  6. Which Windows 10 command-line tool repairs the Windows image and component store when SFC finds corruption it cannot fix?

    Answer: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

    DISM RestoreHealth downloads healthy component files from Windows Update to repair a corrupted Windows image.

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