The Windows operating system is a complex environment, and it takes specialized administrative tools to properly maintain all aspects of the OS. In this video, you’ll learn how to monitor activity with the Event Viewer, manage Services, and monitor the operation of the OS with the Performance Monitor.
When you add a new hard drive into a Windows system, you’re faced with a large number of partition options, disk status information, and drive options. In this video, you’ll learn the differences in partition types, how to add or modify Windows disks, and how to use the powerful Windows Disk Management utility.
If you maintain your storage devices properly, they’ll tend to be more efficient and last much longer. In this video, you’ll learn how to manually defragment your hard disks, backup their contents, and check them for any logical or physical errors.
What is the maximum number of primary partitions you can configure on a single hard disk?
You’ve been asked to put together a RAID array for a new server. Which of these disk types can be combined to create a RAID array?
You’re working on a Windows XP system that is having problems booting, and you’d like to use the Windows XP Recovery Console to copy over some new files. Unfortunately, you’ve not configured Windows XP to use the Recovery Console as one of your startup options. What disk will you need to start the Recovery Console?
Which of these file categories are not handled by the Windows Disk Cleanup process?
You need to repair your Windows XP installation from the Windows installation program. What system disk is required to complete the repair?
Even before Windows starts, there are many options during the boot process. In this video module, you’ll learn how to configure the BIOS, use Safe Mode, and repair your computer with system recovery disks and the Windows Recovery Console.
You are configuring a disk array on a new server, and you need to configure Windows to use mirroring to duplicate information across disk drives. What kind of Windows disk should you create to support this requirement?
