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350-701 Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps to recover a lost…
Drag and drop the steps to recover a lost password on a Cisco IOS router in the correct order.
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Step 1: Enter ROMmon, Step 2: Change config register to 0x2142, Step 3: Boot the router, Step 4: Copy startup-config to running-config, Step 5: Change the enable password, Step 6: Save running-config to startup-config, Step 7: Restore config register to 0x2102, Step 8: Reload the router
Enter ROMmon, change register to skip startup-config, boot, copy config, change password, save, and restore register.
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Step 1: Enter ROMmon, Step 2: Change config register to 0x2142, Step 3: Boot the router, Step 4: Copy startup-config to running-config, Step 5: Change the enable password, Step 6: Save running-config to startup-config, Step 7: Restore config register to 0x2102, Step 8: Reload the router
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because it follows the standard Cisco IOS password recovery procedure: enter ROMmon, set register to ignore startup-config, boot, load saved config, change password, save, restore register, and reload.
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Step 1: Enter ROMmon, Step 2: Boot the router, Step 3: Change config register to 0x2142, Step 4: Copy startup-config to running-config, Step 5: Change the enable password, Step 6: Save running-config to startup-config, Step 7: Restore config register to 0x2102, Step 8: Reload the router
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because booting before changing the config register loads the startup-config normally, so you cannot bypass the password. The register must be changed before booting.
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Step 1: Enter ROMmon, Step 2: Change config register to 0x2142, Step 3: Boot the router, Step 4: Copy startup-config to running-config, Step 5: Change the enable password, Step 6: Restore config register to 0x2102, Step 7: Reload the router
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because after changing the password, you must save the running config to startup-config. If you reload without saving, the password change is lost.
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Step 1: Enter ROMmon, Step 2: Change config register to 0x2142, Step 3: Boot the router, Step 4: Copy startup-config to running-config, Step 5: Change the enable password, Step 6: Save running-config to startup-config, Step 7: Reload the router
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because if you do not restore the config register to the normal value (0x2102), the router will continue to ignore the startup-config on subsequent reboots, which is undesirable after recovery.
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