Someone start the backup
If you are installing a PATA drive with the “cable select” jumper enabled on a 40-conductor PATA cable, which connector is commonly used for the master drive?
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Drive churn
On your Windows Vista computer, you notice that your hard drive access light is constantly blinking, even when your computer is idle. Which of these is the most likely cause of this constant drive access?
Just one more bite
You are trying to save a 6 gigabyte video file onto your computer, but Windows is giving a message that the disk is out of space. You’ve checked the drive, and over 1000 gigabytes of free space is available. Which of these would be the most likely cause of this issue?
If traveling by airline, print the airline’s name and flight number.
When working with Windows Disk Management, you see that one of your disks is identified as a “Foreign Drive.” What is a foreign drive?
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Why doesn’t it work?
Your computer’s hard drive failed, so you purchased a new hard drive and installed it. When you start the computer, you see the message “Operating System not Found.” Which of these orders of steps should you use to get your system back up and running?
What kind of disk should you create?
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?
Which of these are not advantages of SATA?
SATA drive technology brings many advantages to hard-drive storage. Which of these is NOT one of those advantages?
What Windows optimization can improve hard drive access times?
During the normal use of a Windows system, one of your end users has found that it has become slower to load and save files on the hard drive. What Windows optimization technique can improve the access time of the entire hard drive?
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