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What is the name of the diagnostics process that runs when a computer is started?

A) CHKDSK

B) BIOS Monitoring

C) CMOS

D) POST

E) AFD (Awesome Fairy Dust)


The answer: D) POST

The Power On Self Test (POST) performs a basic hardware diagnostics prior to loading the operating system.

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