Partitioning Flashcards
1
Q
Logically dividing a physical hard disk into separate storage areas
A
Partitioning
2
Q
Allows for software RAID volumes
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Dynamic partitions
3
Q
3 types of dynamic partitions
A
striped
mirrored
RAID 5
4
Q
Maximum partition size is 2 TB
A
Basic partition
5
Q
Main partition where Windows is stored
Can be marked as active to allow booting
A
Primary partition
6
Q
Divided into 4 partitions
Each primary partition contains a boot sector
A
MBR
7
Q
Required for 64bit Windows
Supports up to 128 partitions
supports up to 2 TB partitions
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GPT
8
Q
Has 3 primary and one extended partition
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MBR
Basic
9
Q
Area of a hard drive in Linux
Used as a page file is in Windows
Area is written to when RAM reaches capacity
Virtual extension of RAM
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Swap Partition
10
Q
Type of formatting Rebuilds file systems Fast Partition is marked as 'formatted' and index of all files is deleted information is easily recoverable No scan for bad sectors
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Quick Format
11
Q
Type of formatting Deletes all data, then overwrites with 0s, then deletes again Information harder to recover rebuilds file system Longer to do Scans for bad sectors
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Full format
