Windows 7 Configuration

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Before a user begin storing data, what tasks must a user perform:

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Select a Partitioning Style

Select a disk type

Divide the disk into partitions or volumes

Format the volumes with a file system

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List two hard disk partition styles?

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Master Boot Record (MBR)

GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)

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Define Master Boot Record & Globally Unique Identifier?

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MBR is the default partition style for x86-based and x64-based computers. Volume supports up to 2TB and four primary partitions.

GUID-first introduced in Windows Vista, Can be used used on x86 and x64 based computers.

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Differences between MBR and GUID partitions:

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MBR

Supports up to 4 primary partitions or 3 primary and 1 extended.

Supports Volumes up to 2TB.

Data critical to platform operations is stored in hidden sectors.

GUID

Supports up to 128 primary partitions.

Supports volumes up to 18 exabytes.

Data critical to platform operation is stored in partitions rather than in hidden sectors.

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Windows support two disk types:

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Basic and Dynamic disks.

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Define Basic Disk?

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Uses primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize data.

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Active Partitions

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A primary partition that hosts an operating system.

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During Windows 7 operating system installation, the setup program creates two partitions called:

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System partition and Boot partition

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System Partition

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Contains hardware-related files that the computer uses to start. It is considered to the be active partition.

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Boot Partition

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Contains the operating system files which are stored in the Windows Folder.

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Comparison of Primary and Extended Partitions

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Primary partitions can

Act as a physically separate disk and can host an operating system.

Can be marked as an active partition.

Can create up to four primary partitions.

Format each primary partition and assign a unique drive letter.

Extended partitions cannot...

Host an operating system

Mark an extended partition as an active partition.

Be Formatted

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Diskpart

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A command line utility included with W7, to manage a basic disk.

Can create four primary partitions or 3 primary partitions and 1 extended.

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Diskpart provides absolute control over partitions and volume.

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True

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Dynamic Disk

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The process of converting a basic disk to a dynamic disk create a single partition that occupies the entire disk.

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Dynamic Disks can support five types of volumes:

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Simple, Spanned, Striped, Mirrored, and RAID-5

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Simple Volume

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Consists of space from a single disk. Once created, it can be extended to multiple disks to create a spanned or striped volume as long as it is not a system volume or boot volume.

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Spanned Volume

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Consists of space from at least 2, to a maximum of 32, physical disk all of which must be dynamic disks. It is a method for combining the space from multiple dynamic disks into a single large volume.

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Striped Volume

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Consists of space from at least 2, to a maximum of 32, physical disks all of which must be dynamic disks. The system writes data one stripe at a time to each successive disk in the volume. It provides better performance because each disk drive in the array has time to seek the location of its next stripe, while the other drives are writing. It does not provide fault tolerance.

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Mirrored Volume

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Consists of an equal amount fo space form 2 disks, both of which must be dynamic disks.Each disk holds an identical copy of the data written to the volume as a fault tolerance measure.

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List the environments that dynamic disks does not support in Windows 7?

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Portable computers

Removable disks

Detachable disks that use the Universal Serial Bus or IEEE

Disks connected to shared SCSI

Computers running Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, or Home Premium.

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What are the basic file system for Windows 7?

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FAT & NTFS

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FAT

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The original 16 bit FAT file system for hard disks, also known as FAT16, is limited to partitions no larger than 4 GB, which makes it useless for today's computers.

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What is a benefit of NTFS?

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It is preferred file system for Windows 7. Its main benefits being improved support for larger hard drives and better security in the form of encryption and permissions that restrict access by unauthorized users.

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What is one advantage of NTFS over FAT?

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FAT file systems lack the security that NTFS provides, any user who gains access to your computer can read any file without restriction.

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FAT32

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Using the 32 bit version of FAT; Windows 7 can create partitions up to 32 GB in size, with individual files up to 4GB.

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exFAT

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Introduced to Windows Vista SP1, the Extended File Allocation Table; also known as FAT64; Intended primary for large USB flash drives. It does not support the encryption and permission features found in NTFS.

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Disk Management

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It is the primary W7 graphical utility for creating and manipulating hard disk partitions and volumes.

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Tasks used in Disk Management

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Initializing disks

Select partitioning style

Converting Basic Disk to Dynamic Disks

Creating Partitions and Volumes

Extending, Shrinking, and Deleting Volumes

Formatting partitions and volumes

Assigning and changing driver letter and paths

Disk Quotas, Folder Sharing

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List ways to get to Disk Management

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Click Start> Right Click Computer> Click Manage

Click Start> Click Control Panel>Click System and Security> Click Administrative tools> Click Computer Management> Click Storage> Disk Management

Type compmgmt.msc

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How to convert dynamic disk to a basic disk1?

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Backup the entire disk and delete the dynamic disk volumes. When you delete the last volume, the dynamic disk automatically reverts back to a basic disk.

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How much space does it take to convert from basic to dynamic conversion?

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1 MB

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How to convert a basic disk to dynamic disk?

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When a person create a striped, spanned, or mirrored volume, it converts the basic disk to a dynamic disk.

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What groups must you be member of to extend or shrink any partition or volume?

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Backup Operator & Administrators

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Diskpart have two operational modes:

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script mode and interactive mode

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What are the two tools Windows 7 provides to free up disk space, defragment volumes, and check disks for errors?

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Disk Cleanup & Defragment Disks

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fragmentation

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Overtime as files are written and rewritten to the disk, the contiguous spaces grow smaller, and the drive is forced to split files into clusters located at difference places on the disk.

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VHD

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(Virtual Hard Disk)

format to support its Virtual PC, Virtual Server.

A VHD file contains the entire contents of a hard disk in a single, portable file that administrators can use to move entire virtual machines form one host computer to another.

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Native Boot

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Enable a user to create and modify VHD in Windows 7 and even boot Windows 7 from a VHD, without having to run a virtual machine manager product such as Virtual PC.

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device driver

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To communicate with the operating system running on the computer each device also requires a software element called

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Three main reasons why hardware manufacturers release new driver updates:

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To address problems with the previous driver release

To implement new features

To enhance performance of the device

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Signed Driver

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This process ensures that the device driver does come from the authentic publisher and that someone has not maliciously altered it.

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Device Manager

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The primary Windows 7 tool for managing devices and their drivers.

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Different ways to use device manager:

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mmc.exe >Click File > Add/ Remove Snap-In, and select Device Manager

Click Start> Right Click Computer> Click Manage

Click Start> Click Control Panel> Click Device

Type devmgmt.msc in the search box

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Rolling Back Drivers

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Uninstall current drivers and reinstalls the previous version, returning the device to its state before you performed the most recent driver update.