Passed A+ core, but OS is haunting me.
Hardware no problem.
. software no matter how much i read i just feel that i cant take it in. Its haunting me 

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Any suggestions like the YMCA thing, for the boot process. That is worth more than gold to me at the moment. Any particular areas i should really pay a lot of attention to?
Please help.
I am due to sit the test on May the 6th.




Any suggestions like the YMCA thing, for the boot process. That is worth more than gold to me at the moment. Any particular areas i should really pay a lot of attention to?
Please help.
I am due to sit the test on May the 6th.

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sometimes it is much easier to learn something via hands-on - the networking components, for example, are easier grasped if you set up a small network.
don't forget, at the end of the day, the everyday admin that you do (working with your lab network, if you have one, installing/updating/reinstalling drivers, printer util, scandisk/defrag, etc) is still hands-on! the a+ represents something like 18 months working experience of computers, and covers the day-to-day things that a junior admin/tech will come across.
if there are any questions in particular that you do not understand of the techexams practise questions, remember that they can be discussed here, as can other questions, but please refrain from quoting questions word-for-word that have been provided by other vendors
like i said in an earlier post in this thread, everyday working, tweaking, troubleshooting in as many of the operating systems tested as possible will build up experience in that operating system.
you cannot rely totally on your books to let you know how to do things.
the school has test out, and measure up practice tests i use also.
i can ace the meyers test and the measure up adaptive test at school. but i am having a tough time on the computer prep and the test out tests. i am thinking they are way harder than they should be, plus they have MCP material on them to. which is what i am taking right now and hoping to have soon.
i have my OS test scheduled for thurs.
1) study the syllabus that Comptia provides. There are things on it that I have never heard of nevermind about used. This is what they will test you on. Remember there are many ways to solve a probem but perhaps only one for Comptia. Go through it and know the names of files and there relationship.
2) Be prepared to fail. Its not the end of the world and finance permitting you can sit it the followiing week, which I would recommend and if you fail that you have an automatic one month cooling of and regrouping period. The reason why I say this is there will be questions that will be vague, will conflict with your real knowledge and questons which are far harder than your practise ones.
With these two pieces of advise you should be half way there. The A+ OS can be one of the most awkward tests as it has the possiblility of covering so much but its only 30 max and what you gain is far hghher than what you lose by not doing it.
Know the start-up process and DOS better than I did
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I guessed, I think I said Esc.
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refer to the objectives on a regular basis, especially when taking practise tests. if you don't know the answer or understand the question, try to see if it relates to anything on the objectives. if it does, try searching the internet or bringing the subject up in this forum.