Storage Troubleshooting Flashcards
You have added a new one terabyte hard disk to a Windows computer. The disc is configured as a basic disk. Which of the following can be configured on this desk? (select two)
– Simple volume – Striped volumes – Extended partitions with logical drives – Primary partitions – Spanned volumes
– Extended partitions with logical drives
– Primary partitions
A computer has two hard disk drives installed on the primary IDE channel. You decide to move the second hard drive to the secondary IDE channel. The secondary IDE interface will have no other devices. How sure you can figure the second hard drive on this channel?
– Any of the above
– Master or slave
– Slave
– Master or single
Master or single
Your computer currently runs Windows 7 enterprise edition. You want to create a raid 10 array using for the install SATA disks. When you go to disk management, the option to create the raid array is not available. What should you do?
– Create a simple volume first, then add the remaining disks to the volume
– Upgrade to Windows 7 ultimate edition
– Install an ad on raid controller
– Upgrade the disks to dynamic disks
Install an ad on raid controller
Lately hear a clicking noise when reading or writing data from the hard drive. What is most likely cause of the clicking?
– Overheated CPU
– Failed UPS
– Bad memory
– Failing hard drive
Failing hard drive
When you try to read a particular DVD-R disc that was burned in a different computer, you receive an error message. Other DVD discs work find your drive. Which of the following are the most likely problems?
– Your drivers laser is misaligned
– The disc is dirty or scratched
– The drive spins too fast for the media
– The disc was created in a computer that uses different regional settings
The disc is dirty or scratched
You remove a SATA hard disk from a Windows 7 computer and put it in a system that is running Windows 98. You are unable to read the desk. What is most likely the problem?
– The hard drive was physically damaged or shocked during the move
– The partition on the hard disk is too big for Windows 98 to read
– Windows 98 does not support and NTFS
– Windows 98 doesn’t include drivers to support SATA hard drive
Windows 98 does not support and NTFS
You have connected two drives to the primary IDE interface in a PC system. How could the drives be configured? (select two)
– Set both drives to master – Set both drives to single – Set one drive to master and the other to slave – Set of both drives to slave – Set both drives to cable select
– Set one drive to master and the other to slave
– Set both drives to cable select
You are installing the first SATA drive into a desktop computer, but you do not have the drivers for the motherboards integrated SATA controller. Which of the following tasks will be required in the configuration process?
– Connect the drive to the middle cable connector
– Using it conductor PATA cable to connect the drive
– Set the drive type in the bios to IDE
– Configure master/slave relationship with jumper
Set the drive type in the bios to IDE
You have just finished installing a new SATA hard disk in your computer. Now you’re SATA DVD drive won’t work. What should you do first? (select two)
– Set the DVD drive to slave and the other hard disk to master
–try the DVD driving another system
– Remove the hard disk
– Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected
– Make sure the DVD power cables connected
– Replace the DVD drive
– Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected
– Make sure the DVD power cables connected
You have just finished upgrading the 250 Watt power supply in your desktop computer 28 450 Watt power supply. Now the bios doesn’t recognize one of the hard disk drives in the system during the post. What should you do?
–Use the switch on the power supply to switch from 110 to 220 V
– Reconfigure the hard disk to use the higher wattage power supply using jumpers on the drive
– Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply
– Replace the power supply
– Manually enter the hard disk parameter is in the bios
Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply
You have physically installed a new hard disk driving your computer and configured the disc in the bios using the CMOS program. You try to access the hard disk drive in Windows Explorer, but the drive is not display. Which utility will you most likely used to solve the problem?
– Format
– chkdsk
– sfc
– Disk management
Disk management
You’re configuring devices on a SCSI bus. You’ve installed a SCSI adapter in an expansion slot. You’ve connected a SCSI hard sick (sd0) to one of the middle connectors on the internal SCSI ribbon cable. The end connector on the internal SCSI ribbon cable is connected to a SCSI DVD drive. Where should termination be enabled on the bus? (Choose two)
– On either hard drive or the DVD drive
– On hard drive sd0
– On the SCSI adapter
–On the DVD drive
– On the SCSI adapter
–On the DVD drive
You have an existing computer running Windows 7 enterprise. You want to configure a raid five array in the computer. You install three new SATA drives, then use the raid controller integrated into the motherboard to define a raid five array using the computer, Windows does not show the logical raid drive you just created. What should you do?
– In the bios change the SATA disk to AHCI
– Reconfigure the drives into a raid zero or raid one array
– Install the drivers for the raid controller
– In the bios, change the SATA disk mode to RAID
Install the drivers for the raid controller
Which of the following drive configurations uses striping with parity for fault tolerance?
– Raid zero
– Raid one
– Raid five
– Raid 10
Raid five
Which of the following utilities used to correct costly clusters within the file system on a Windows workstation?
- chkdsk
- fdisk
- attrib
- DiskScan
chkdsk
