Computer Disk management

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Computer Disk management

• Using Disk ManagementTo open Disk Management
• Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then
  click Manage.
• Under the Storage icon, click Disk Management.

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Computer Disk management
Go into Computer Management Start, Run, type
c\windows\system32\compmgmt.msc
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Using DiskPart

• Diskpart is a command to partition hard disk
  drives
• Use diskpart /? To find help on this command
• Exercise Diskpart,select disk 0, assign letter e

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Organizing a Basic Disk

• Before you create partitions and logical drives,
  you need to determine
• The number of partitions and logical drives.
• The size (in MB) of each partition and/or logical
  drive.
• The drive letters to assign to the primary
  partitions and/or logical drives.
• The file format for each primary partition and/or
  logical drive. For more information about file
  formats, see Module 5, "Configuring and Managing
  File Systems," in Course 2272B, Implementing and
  Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

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Adding a Basic Disk
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Creating a Primary Partition

• To create a primary partition
• Right-click My Computer, click Manage, and under
  Storage, click Disk Management.
• Right-click an unallocated portion of a basic
  disk, and then click Create Partition.
  Unallocated space is the portion of a disk not
  assigned to a partitions, volumes, and logical
  drives. You must select an unallocated portion of
  the disk to create a new partition. If you
  right-click on an existing logical drive or a
  volume or anything other than an unallocated
  portion of a basic disk, the Create Partition
  option will not be available.
• In the New Partition Wizard, click Next, and then
  click Primary Partition. Note that the logical
  drive option is not available, because you can
  only create a logical drive from an extended
  partition.
• Complete the wizard instructions, specifying the
  size, drive letter, and file format of the
  partition.

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Working with Basic Disks
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Creating Partitions and Drives on a Basic Disk
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Creating a Logical Drive
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Viewing Disk Status and Properties
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Viewing Disk Status
Disk status
Disk status
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Viewing Disk Properties
Label. Provide a user-friendly name to the
volume, partition, or drive that describes its
content or the device itself. Used and available
disk space. This information is useful in
maintaining a disk, deleting files from the
Recycle Bin to gain additional space, determining
when to extend a volume or partitions, and other
space maintenance tasks Drive compression For
NTFS formatted disks only, this option specifies
to compress the disk. By default, only files in
the root directory are compressed automatically.
To have Windows XP Professional compress all
folders on this disk, select the Also compress
subfolders check box in the box that appears when
this option is enabled. Indexing Service. This
option specifies that the contents of the drive
be indexed, which improves the speed of your
searches. Indexing enables you to search for
information such as text in the document, or
properties, such as creation date, of the
document. The entire contents of the drive are
not indexed unless you select to index files and
subfolders when prompted.
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Extending Partitions on a Basic Disk
Partitions on a basic disk can be extended
if The disk is formatted as NTFS. There is
available space on the same disk and the
partition or logical drives on the basic disk are
followed by contiguous unallocated space. To
extend a partition you must use the DiskPart
utility. You cannot extend the current system or
boot partition.
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Deleting a Volume or Partition
To delete a partition, open Disk Management,
right-click the partition that you want to
delete, and then click Delete Partition.
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Converting File Systems
Converting File Systems
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Managing Data Compression
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Compression State Display Color
You can set an alternate display color for
compressed files and folders. In Windows
Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Folder
Options. On the View tab, select the Show
encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color check
box, and then click OK
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File Compression contd.
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Copying and Moving Compressed Files and Folders
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File Compression folder movements
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Securing Data by Using Encrypting File System
(EFS)

• Provides file-level encryption for NTFS files
• Users simply have to set the file attribute of
  encryption
• EFS is especially useful for securing sensitive
  data on portable
• It operates in the background and is transparent
  to users and applications

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Contd.

• It enables only authorized users to gain access
  to an encrypted file
• Authorized data recovery agents can recover data
  that was encrypted by another user
• Files can be encrypted locally or across the
  network
• A display color can be used to designate
  encrypted files and folders

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To encrypt a file or folder Right-click the
file or folder, and then click Properties. Click
the General tab, and then click Advanced. Click
Encrypt contents to secure data.
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Securing Data by Using EFS
To remove encryption from a file or folder
Right-click the file or folder, and then click
Properties. Click the General tab, and then
click Advanced. Clear the Encrypt contents to
secure data check box.
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Configuring the Desktop Environment
Configuring the Desktop Display New (modified)
themes are saved in the My Documents folder To
choose a theme, select it from the drop-down list
on the Themes tab, click Apply, and then click
OK. Customizing the Desktop Choosing a Theme
To choose a theme, select it from the drop-down
list on the Themes tab, click Apply, and then
click OK. Configuring the Desktop Display To
choose a theme, select it from the drop-down list
on the Themes tab, click Apply, and then click OK
Customizing the Desktop To choose a background,
click the Desktop tab on the Display Properties
sheet Background images can be stretched to fill
the desktop Customize Desktop. The Desktop Items
property sheet displays, which has a General tab
and a Web tab
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On the General tab, you can choose which of the
following icons to display on the desktop My
Computer, My Network Places, My Documents, and
the Recycle Bin. On the General tab, you can also
select the style of the icons to represent the
shortcuts, and perform or schedule a desktop
cleanup. On the Web tab, you can choose to
display content from Web pages, or other items
collectively known as Desktop Items. Configuring
a Screen Saver On the Screen Saver tab, you can
select a screen saver, configure the number of
minutes without user interaction before the
screen saver starts, and select whether the
screen saver should be password protected. The
Screen Saver tab also enables you to configure
power management options. Configuring Advanced
Appearance Options To gain access to Display
Properties, right-click the desktop, and then
click Properties.
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Configuring Advanced Appearance
Options Configuring Appearance Options On the
Appearance tab, you can choose the style of
windows, buttons, color schemes, font sizes,
visual effects, and advanced appearance options.
The Effects button brings up a property sheet
that enables you to configure the visual effects
used by menus and windows. For example, you can
configure transition effects for windows,
configure whether a shadow appears around
windows, and whether you can see the contents of
a window while dragging it. Note that enabling
these options uses more memory.The Advanced
button brings up the Advanced Appearance property
sheet that enables you to configure the color of
windows, the desktop, and other items, such as
borders and title bars. Configuring options on
this page will override the selection for windows
and buttons on the Appearance tab. Configuring
Settings The Settings tab enables you to
configure screen resolution and color quality
Clicking the Advanced button on the Settings tab
enables you to configure additional monitor
display properties on the (Multiple Monitors) and
video adapter property sheet Configuring Desktop
Shortcuts Desktop shortcuts appear as icons on
the desktop.

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Adding a Program Shortcut click Start, click All
Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools,
and then click Backup To add a program shortcut,
move to the user's Programs folder, right-click
the desired program icon, click Copy, right-click
the desktop, and then click Paste Shortcut.
Adding a Web Site Shortcut To add a Web site
shortcut, open Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to
the desired Web site, right-click anywhere on the
page, click Create Shortcut, and then click OK.
Configuring Shortcuts You can change the icon
that represents a shortcut Changing Icons
right-click the shortcut, click Properties,
click Change Icon, and then select an icon. You
can choose from the hundreds of icons in Windows
XP Professional, or click Browse to locate
another icon image Customizing the Desktop
Environment Examining the Windows XP Professional
Start Menu
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The right frame of the Start menu consists of
three sections that display standard folders and
utilities. The left frame also consists of
three sections. The top section displays the
pinned programs, which are programs that are
manually attached to the top left of the Start
menu. The default e-mail program and browser
always appear in pinned programs. Beneath the
pinned programs, recently used programs appear.
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Start menu is color-coded. The white area of the
Start menu is user-based, while the light blue
area is operating-system-based
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Customizing the Start Menu for All Users you are
adding an item that anyone logged on to the
computer can use You can add a submenu to the
Start menu for easy access to a group of
programs. You can also add to the Start menu a
shortcut to a specific program or resource, or
drag a frequently used item in a submenu onto the
main Start menu.Right-click Start, and then
click Open all Users. Double-click the folder to
which you want to add the submenu. Adding a
Shortcut for All Users If you place the submenu
in the Start Menu folder, it becomes pinned to
the top of the All Programs menu. If you place
the submenu in the Programs folder, it will be
placed alphabetically in the list of programs. On
the File menu, point to New, and then click
Folder. Adding a Submenu for All Users
Right-click Start, and then click Open all
Users. Double-click the folder to which you want
to add the submenu.If you place the submenu in
the Start Menu folder, it becomes pinned to the
top of the All Programs menu. If you place the
submenu in the Programs folder, it will be placed
alphabetically in the list of programs. On the
File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
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• Adding a Shortcut for All Users
• Right-click Start, click Open All Users, click
  File, point to New, and then click Shortcut.
• Type the location of the item for which you want
  to create a shortcut, or click Browse to locate
  the item, and then click OK.
• Click Next, type a name for the shortcut, and
  then click Finish.
• Customizing the Start Menu for Individual Users
• You can add shortcuts and submenus, and pin
  programs to an individual's Start menu.
• Adding a Submenu for an Individual User
• Right-click Start, click Explore All Users,
  expand the folder of the user whose Start menu
  that you want to customize, and then click Start
  Menu.
• Adding a Shortcut for an Individual User
• Right-click the object for which you want to
  create a shortcut, and then click Create
  Shortcut.
• Drag, or cut and paste, the shortcut into the
  individual's Start menu or Programs folder.

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• Changing Start Menu Properties
• Right-click Start, click Properties, click
  Customize, make desired changes on the General
  and Advanced tabs, and then click OK twice
• Pinning a Program to the Start MenuRight-click
  the program that you want to pin to the Start
  menu, and then click Pin to Start menu.
• Customizing the Startup Folder
• Right-click Start, and then click Explore All
  Users.
• Expand either All Users or a specific user.
• Expand Start Menu, and then click Programs in the
  left pane.
• In the right pane, copy the shortcut for the
  programs that you want to start automatically
  upon logon.
• Expand Programs, right-click Startup, and then
  click Paste.
• Customizing the Taskbar
• Adding Programs to the Quick Launch Toolbar
• Right-click an empty area of the Quick Launch
  bar, and then click Open Folder.
• On the File menu, click New, and then click
  Shortcut.
• Type the location of, or browse to, the desired
  program, click Next, and then click Finish.