Chp 14 - Win OS Flashcards
Vista Minimum requirements
Processor
800 Mhz Processor
Vista Minimum requirements
RAM
512MB
Vista Minimum requirements
Free Disk Space
15GB
Vista Minimum requirements
Video/Graphics device
DirectX 9 graphics using WDDM v1.0 or higher driver; 128MB of RAM
Vista Minimum requirements
Other
DVD-ROM or
CD-ROM drive
Win 7/8 Minimum requirements
Processor
1GHz Processor
Win 7/8 Minimum requirements
RAM
1GB (32-bit)
2GB (64-bit)
Win 7/8 Minimum requirements
Free disk space
20GB
Win 7/8 Minimum requirements
Video/Graphics device
DirectX 9 graphics using WDDM v1.0 or higher driver
Win 7/8 Minimum requirements
Other
DVD-ROM drive
Primary Partition
Can contain only a single drive letter.
Only one can be active.
Used to hold the operating system.
Extended Partition
Can contain multiple drive letters.
Cannot be bootable.
MBR
Master Boot Record
Supported by ROM BIOS and UEFI.
Supports max drive size of 2TB
up to four primary partitions.
GPT
GUID Partition Table Supports up to 256TB drives. 128 primary partitions. More reliable because of CRC(Cyclic Redundancy Check). Requires 64 bit to be booted from.
Partitioning using GPT
Creates one or more primary partitions.
Each can be assigned a letter.
Only one can be used at a time.
Basic Disks
A basic disk cannot be used with another hard drive as one disk.
Dynamic Disks
Can create a single Logical drive using multiple physical drives.
Cannot be used to boot.
FAT32
32-bit file allocation table.
root directory can be located anywhere on the drive.
Uses 8KB allocation unit size for drives as large as 16GB.
Max logical partition size allowed is 2TB.
exFAT
or FAT64 Supports 64 bit addressing Support for volumes larger than 32GB Max is Volume and file size 512TB but theoretical max is 64ZB
NTFS
New Technology File System The native file system of windows Has many improvements over FAT32 Access Control Built-in Compression Individual Recycle Bins Support for Encrypting File System(EFS) Support for mounting a drive Disk quota support Hot-swapping Indexing
NTFS
Access Control
Different levels of access can be configured for files and folders
NTFS
Built in compression
Files, folders, or the whole drive can be compressed without 3rd party software.
NTFS
Individual Recycle Bins
Includes separate recycle bins for each user
NTFS
Support for the (EFS)
Encrypting file system
Enables data to be stored in an encrypted form.
NTFS
Support for mounting a drive
Allows you to address a removable media drives contents under the hard drives letter
NTFS
Disk quota support
gives admin ability to enforce rules about how much disk space each user is allowed to use for storage.
NTFS
Indexing
Helps users locate info faster with the search tool
Convert.EXE
Command line program used to convert a drive from FAT file system to NTFS
