Partitioning a Hard Drive

Question 1

MBR (Windows)

Answer 1

Master Boot Record/ oldest partition, defines partitions & tells the computers where to find the operating system, broken up in 5 distinct pieces, LBA 0

Question 2

Each partition can the equivalent of (Windows)

Answer 2

18.8m terabytes\partitions

Question 3

GPT (Windows)

Answer 3

start with LBA0, automatic, use same tools used with MBR with extra features, supports up to 128 volumes on a partition, uses a protective MBR

Question 4

Primary GPT Header (Windows)

Answer 4

LBA1, storing the information we need for the partition

Question 5

Secondary GPT Header (Windows)

Answer 5

usually comes after the primary, just a copy of primary GPT header, if any of this gets corrupted, the secondary can take over for primary & if necessary can rebuild all of the partitions & adds an extra level of protection, that we never had with MBR

Question 6

Can you convert an MBR drive to a GPT (Windows)

Answer 6

YES

Question 7

Partitioning drives is done where on Win 10? (Windows)

Answer 7

disk management

Question 8

Hard Drive

Answer 8

like a house

Question 9

Partitioning

Answer 9

is like rooms

Question 10

Formatting

Answer 10

like shelves in the rooms

Question 11

Recovery Partition

Answer 11

Allows us to bring the partition back online

Question 12

Partition

Answer 12

A logical electronic device readable by an operating system

Question 13

Partitions defines

Answer 13

The location of operating systems, swap files, and recovery partitions

Question 14

Partitions must be ____ & ______

Answer 14

created & mounted

Question 15

In Windows partitions manifest as

Answer 15

drive letters

Question 16

In Linux/MacOS partitions manifest as

Answer 16

folders