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| File Allocation Table (FAT) |
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most versatile and used by all OSes.
cannot create partition more than 2GBs.
lack of built-in security |
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| File Allocation System(FAT) 32 |
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upgraded partition sizes to 2TBs
dramatically decreased cluster size
no security features |
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| New Technology File System (NTFS) |
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uses only 512 bytes per cluster
could configure permissions and securities for files
can compress and audit
could not limit disk space |
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| New Technology File System (NTFS) Today |
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Disk quotas: allow system admin choose amount of disk space that each user is allowed to use.
Encyrpting File System (EFS) |
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| *Steps to configure a partition |
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1. Create primary partition
2. Create extended partition
3. Create a logical drive in the extended partition
4. Format the drives to create a file system. |
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partition the comp boots from
can make up to 4, but one of them needs to be the 'active partition'- partition from which your normal operating system loads |
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| the space that remains after the primary partitions are defined. it is a container that holds all the logical drives that you build. |
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| actual area of the extended drive where the data is stored and treats it as another hard disk drive. |
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| Creating partitions in windows |
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use Disk Management snap-in.
-Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> double click Computer Management -> select Disk Management
diskpart in the command-line tool. |
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Troubleshooting and Management:
Loud Clicking Noise |
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Hard drive is about to fail.
Noise is generated by failed movements of the actuator arm in the drive |
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Troubleshooting and Management:
Drive not recognized |
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may need to go into CMOS and detect the drive.
Check physical connections to ensure that the drive is connected properly |
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Troubleshooting and Management:
RAID not found |
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| check BIOS settings and ensure that the SATA mode is set to either AHCI or RAID |
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Troubleshooting and Management:
RAID stops working |
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| verify that all the drives in the RAID array are still functioning. May need to replace a bad drive and recover the RAID array |
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Troubleshooting and Management:
BSOD |
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| Having trouble with corrupt drives, may have to boot in Safe Mode and update drivers to fix problem |
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Hard Drive Troubleshoot tools:
Chkdsk |
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| windows command that tests the drive and fixes any errors with the drive |
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| Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup. |
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can be used with Windows XP, 7, Vista, and Server 2003/2008.
- Create and delete partitions and volumes
- Shrink and extend disk partitions and volumes
- View details on disks, volumes, and partitions
- Make a partition active
- Format a partition and assign a drive letter or mount point |
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- a cluster is the allocation unit for a file
the cluster size for a partition is based on the file system used and the size of the partition
- the FAT file system is limited to a max partition size of 2GB. FAT32 increased that to 2TB
- Windows has its own file system called NTFS. benefits = security, auditing, compression. Windows offers file and drive encyrption when using the NTFS file system
- to optimize your drive, run the defragmentation tool often
- to verify the integrity of the drive, run Check Disk in Windows often
- a primary partition is the bootable partition for the system and must be set active. An extended partition holds logical drives for storing info.
- you can remove temp files with the Disk Cleanup utility in Windows |
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