Windows Disk Management Flashcards
Which of the following launches a GUI system utility for managing HDDs in Windows?
diskmgmt.msc
Which of the following can be used to launch the Disk Management utility in Windows? [3]
- Computer Management
- Windows Run dialog box
- Quick Access Menu (displayed after right-clicking on the Windows Start button)
Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a basic or dynamic disk is not accessible and might have experienced hardware failure, corruption, or I/O errors?
Unreadable
In Windows Disk Management utility on a local computer, a dynamic disk that has been moved from another computer and found by the OS is labeled as:
Foreign
Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates that a dynamic disk might be corrupted or intermittently unavailable?
Offline
In Windows Disk Management utility, a normal disk status indicating that the disk is ready for read/write operations is labeled as:
Online
In Windows Disk Management utility, a dynamic disk status set to Offline/Missing indicates that the missing disk may be: [3]
- powered down
- corrupted
- disconnected
Which of the following disk status options in Windows Disk Management utility indicates Input/Output (I/O) errors on a dynamic disk/volume? [2]
- Online (Errors)
- healthy (at risk)
In Windows Disk Management utility, a disk status set to Failed indicates that the basic or dynamic volume: [3]
- Cannot be started automatically
- is damaged
- Contains corrupted file system
Which of the following enable a newly added disk to show up in Windows File Explorer? [3]
- The disk needs to be initialized
- The disk requires a drive letter
- The disk can be mounted as a folder
In Windows Disk Management utility, a volume status set to Failed Redundancy indicates that the data on a mirrored or RAID 5 volume is no longer fault tolerant because one of the underlying disks is not online.
true
In Windows Disk Management utility, assigning a mount point folder path to a drive enables a newly added drive to show up in File Explorer as a regular folder.
true
In Windows Disk Management utility, initializing a disk [2]
- Prepares a newly added disk for use by Windows
- Erases data on disk
In Windows Disk Management utility, a partition’s size can be extended into [2]
- Adjacent space on the same disk
- Unallocated space on the same disk
Which of the following enables partition split in Windows Disk Management utility?
Shrink a volume, then create a new simple volume from the adjacent unallocated space
Which of the following enables decreasing partition size in Windows Disk Management utility?
Right-click on a disk and select the Shrink Volume menu option
A drive letter in Windows can be changed by:
Accessing Disk Management, right-clicking on a drive and selecting Change Drive Letter and Paths from the context menu
Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 0 setup for performance gains?
Striped volume
Which of the volume types available in Windows Disk Management utility do not offer fault tolerance? [3]
- Simple volume
- spanned volume
- Striped volume
Which volume type in Windows Disk Management utility uses RAID 5 setup for performance gains and fault tolerance?
Striped with parity volume
Which of the following tools enable creation of disk arrays in Windows? [2]
- Storage Spaces
- Disk Management
In Windows Disk Management utility, disk arrays can be created by right-clicking on a disk and selecting array type from the context menu.
true
Windows 8 introduces a virtualization technology that enables organization of multiple physical disks into logical volumes in a fashion similar to RAID levels. What is the name of the Control Panel applet providing access to this functionality?
storage spaces
