CH. 5 5.5 - 5.7

You have a computer with a single hard disk configured as a basic disk with a single partition with NTFS. It runs Windows 7 Enterprise. The disk has run out of space. You need to add space. You install a new hard drive and start Disk Management. Which of the following is a required task to add space to the existing volume?

- On the new hard disk, create a new partition without a drive letter.

Your system volume is running out of disk space. You need to extend the system volume to give it more space. Which of the following conditions must be met to extend the system volume?

- The disk must have contiguoius free space on the same disk. -The system volume must be formatted with NTFS

Which partition type identifies the partition as one that holds the boot loader program used to start the operating system?

Active

If you want to boot from a hard drive, what must it have?

Active Partition

Which disk types does Windows support?

Basic and Dynamic

Where is Disk Management located within Windows 7?

Computer Management

Your computer has a single hard disk with a single volume used by the C: drive. You previously upgraded the disk to a dynamic disk. It's run out of space. You need to add more to the C: volume. You add a new hard disk to the computer. What should you do to add space to the C: drive?

Create a mount point using space on the second disk.

Which tool would you use to create and delete partitions on hard drives?

Disk Managment

Which of the following is a command line utility that can be used to create, format, and manage partitions and volumes?

DiskPart

You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. You convert the disk to dynamic. After the conversion, which of the following do you expect to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?

Healthy

You have four volumes on a basic hard disk. Which of the following do you expect to see as the status of the fourth volume if it is valid and has no errors?

Healthy (Logical Drive)

Unavailable:

Indicates errors have occurred on physical or dynamic disks.

Healthy:

Indicates the disk is turned on and can be accessed. Volume is valid with no errors.

What is required to control access tot he file system using file and folder permission on a Windows-based computer?

NTFS-formatted partition

If a DVD-ROM isn't a valid disc, which error message will you see?

No media.

You have a disk in your system that is displayed in the Disk Management utility. The disk icon shows a red arrow pointing down. What do you expect to see in the area below the disk size, as the status of the disk?

Not Initialized

You added two new hard drives to a Windows computer. The disks are configured as basic disks. Which of the following could be configured on these disks?

Primary partitions and Extended partitions with logical drives

Offline:

Shows when a dynamic disk has been removed or turned off.

Initializing:

Shows while disk is being converted from basic to dynamic.

You want to set up a Windows system to also be able to boot to Linux. To be able to dual-boot, the system needs a partition on which to install Linux. You don't have an extra hard disk that can be used for the Linux Partition. The existing disk has no unpartitioned space available, but it has about 300 GB of free space. Which disk management operation can you perform on the disk to use some of the free space for the Linux partition?

Shrink the partition

Dynamic Disks:

Support up to 128 volumes. Support volumes that use discontiguous disk space. Store partitioning information in a hidden database on all such disks in the system.

Which of the following is true about primary partitions?

The active partition must be a primary partition.

Which of the following is a characteristic of extended partitions?

They are subdivided into logical drives.

You have just finished installing Windows on a system that contains four physical hard disks. The installation process has created a system volume and a C: volume on the first disk (Disk 0). The installation process also initialized the second disk (Disk 1) and the third disk (Disk 2) but didn't create any volumes on these disks. Which of the following would you expect to see as the status of Disk 1 and Disk 2?

Unallocated

You have an extra disk on your system that has three primary partitions and an extended partition with two logical drives. You want to convert the partitions to simple volumes, preferably without losing any data. What should you do?

Upgrade the disk to a dynamic disk.

You want to combine storage space from two different hard disks into a single logical storage unit on your Windows computer. What should you do?

Use dynamic disks and a spanned volume.

Basic Disks:

Use primary and extended partitions. Supported by all operating systems. Only support volumes made up of contiguous space.

Which of the following conditions would prevent you from using GUID Partition Table (GPT) when setting up a disk drive?

Your setting up the drive to boot Windows 7 on a computer that uses traditional BIOS.