Chapter 6 Flashcards
CD
ompact Disc
DVD
-Digital Optical Disc
prepares a file system to be stored.
FORMAT
File Allocation Table
FAT32
It records the position of files on the disk using FAT and 32-bit addressing
FAT32
New Technology File System
NTFS
it uses a journaling system to record changes to the file system and a Master File Table to record information about each file.
NTFS
splitting a physical drive into logical drives
PARTITION
Usually the first partition
Primary Partition
There can only be up to four primary partitions per hard drive.
Primary Partition
This can’t be subdivided into smaller sections.
Primary Partition
Uses remaining free space on a hard drive or takes the place of primary partition.
Extended partition
There can be only one per hard drive and can be subdivided into smaller sections called logical drives.
Extended partition
This is the partition used by the operating system to boot the computer.
Active partition
Only one primary partition can be marked active
Active partition
This is a section of an extended partition that can be used to separate information for administrative purposes.
Logical drive
This is a letter assigned to a physical or logical drive.
Drive mapping
“file allocation unit” is the smallest unit of space used for storing data
Cluster
This is one complete circle around a hard drive platter. Broken into groups of 512 bytes, called sectors.
Track
This is a stack of tracks lined up one on top of another to form a cylinder shape.
Cylinder
The Windows OS can use one of two formats:
-FAT32 file system
-New Technology File System (NTFS)
To Install Windows Os:
-Format and partition the hard disk as required.
-There are two options for the file system: FAT32 and NTFS.
-Format the drive or partition and create the directory structure.
Installing OS:
-Standards and formats that define currency, dates, times, and numerals.
-Text input language.
-Name of the person and company.
-Product Key.
-Computer name.
-Administrator password.
-Date and time settings.
-Network settings.
-Domain or workgroup membership.
To create accounts
-An administrator account is automatically created when Windows OS is installed.
-Create a user account when prompted during the installation process, as shown on this slide.
-It is common practice for an administrator to create fictitious user accounts to test the system as a user.
-Use secure passwords.
Windows XP and Windows 2000 use _____ and ____file systems
-FAT32
-NFTS
Used in environments where the same files may to be accessed by multiple versions of Windows.
FAT32
Earlier versions of Windows can read and write to a partition.
FAT32
Can be converted from FAT32 to NTSF using the CONVERT.EXE utility.
PARTITIONS
This will provide extra security advantages of NTSF.
PARTITIONS
Doesn’t work in reverse (NTSF to FAT32)*
CONVERT.EXE
