1 Module 10 Managing Partitions

2  Overview Partitioning a Disk Using Disk Administrator General Maintenance and Troubleshooting

3  Partitioning a Disk Primary and Extended Partitions Volume Sets Stripe Sets Additional Hard Disk Considerations

4 Primary and Extended Partitions Primary Partitions F: E: D: C: F: G: H: E: D: C: Physical Drive Extended Partition with Logical Drives Primary Partitions

5 Volume Sets D: 150 MB Disk 0 Disk 1 Physical DisksLogical Disks C: 150 MB F: 150 MB E: 50 MB Free Space 100 MB D: 150 MB C: 150 MB Free Space 50 MB E: 50 MB

6 Stripe Sets Stripe Set Disk 0Disk 1Disk 2Disk 3 Physical Disks System Partition Free Space Free Space

7 Additional Hard Disk Considerations The configuration of the computer The number of devices that can be connected to a disk controller or SCSI bus controller The number of controllers in the computer Adding Hard Disks The number of hard disks that can be added to a computer depends on three variables: Removable Media Require a primary partition Cannot be part of a volume set or a stripe set

8  Using Disk Administrator Creating, Formatting, and Deleting Partitions Marking Partitions as Active Creating, Deleting, and Extending Volume Sets Creating and Deleting Stripe Sets Committing Changes Assigning Drive Letters Securing the System Partition

9 Creating, Formatting, and Deleting Partitions Legend Disk Administrator Partition Fault Tolerance Tools View Options Help Disk MB Disk MB Disk MB D: DATA NTFS 124 MB E: OLD_DRIVE NTFS 2 MB S: Protected drive NTFS 201 MB S: Protected drive NTFS 202 MB Free Space 1 MB Primary partitionLogical driveStripe set C: INT_SCSI FAT 200 MB Disk Bars *

10 Creating, Deleting, and Extending Volume Sets Disk 2 Disk 1 Disk 0 F: 50 MB D: C: Free 100 MB G: F: 100 MB E: F: 150 MB NTFS Volume Set Disk 2 Disk 1 Disk 0 F: 50 MB D: C: F: 100 MB G: F: 100 MB E: F: 250 MB NTFS Volume Set

11 Creating and Deleting Stripe Sets Free Space Stripe Set Disk 0Disk 1Disk 2Disk 3 System Partition Free Space Physical Disks Disk Administrator Disk Administrator Size

12 Committing Changes Changes have been made to your disk configuration. Do you want to save the changes? ? Yes NoNo Cancel Confirm

13 Assigning Drive Letters Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 C: I: F: G: H: D: E: Assigned Primary Logical

14 Securing the System Partition FAT System Partition Required on RISC-based Computers Secure with Disk Administrator or Manufacturer’s Tool

15 General Maintenance and Troubleshooting Recovering Disk Configuration Information Failure to Recognize Hard Disk or Partition Corrupted Files or Directories Corrupted Files When Using MS-DOS-based Disk Utilities 1-GB IDE Drives

16 Review Partitioning a Disk Using Disk Administrator General Maintenance and Troubleshooting