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A technician is servicing a corporate laptop running Windows 11 Pro that suffers from persistent operating system instability caused by corrupted system components. The technician wants to repair the operating system while preserving all existing user profiles, personal files, and installed desktop applications. Which of the following installation methods should the technician perform?

  1. Perform an in-place upgrade using Windows installation media within the running operating systemAnswer
  2. B
    Boot from external media and select a Custom clean installation targeting the existing OS partition
  3. C
    Run sysprep /generalize /oobe from an elevated command prompt and reboot the system
  4. D
    Change the product key in System Settings to initiate an edition upgrade

Answer

Perform an in-place upgrade using Windows installation media within the running operating system.
Executing an in-place upgrade (repair install) by launching setup.exe from Windows installation media directly within the running operating system replaces damaged system files while preserving all user accounts, settings, and installed applications.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the technical requirements
The goal is to repair corrupted operating system binaries while keeping user profiles, files, and installed applications intact.
Different installation methods handle existing data and applications differently.
2
Select the appropriate installation method
Running setup.exe from mounted Windows media while logged into the OS enables an in-place repair upgrade with the 'Keep personal files and apps' option selected.
This refreshes core Windows files without wiping user data or removing application registry keys.

Key Concept

In-Place Repair Upgrade vs. Clean Installation
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