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23-6 Chapter 23 Implementing, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Hardware Devices and Drivers<br />

Objective 3.1<br />

Implement, Manage, and<br />

Troubleshoot Disk Devices<br />

Windows XP Professional supports a wide range of fixed and removable storage<br />

devices. Common fixed disk technologies include Small Computer System Interface<br />

(SCSI), Intelligent Drive Electronics or Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), and<br />

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Serial ATA). DVD-ROM, floppy, CD-<br />

ROM, tape drives, and universal serial bus (USB) or Institute of Electrical and Electronics<br />

Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 1394 (FireWire) external drives are popular removable storage<br />

devices. As with other hardware devices, a software device driver enables<br />

Windows XP to communicate with the storage hardware.<br />

You use the Disk Management snap-in, part of the Computer Management console,<br />

and the Diskpart.exe command-line tool to convert storage types, create and extend<br />

volumes, and perform other disk-management tasks. Over time, the files on disks tend<br />

to become more and more fragmented. Windows XP Professional includes the Disk<br />

Defragmenter snap-in and the command-line version of the tool called Defrag.exe.<br />

Windows XP Professional supports two types of fixed disk storage: basic disks and<br />

dynamic disks. If you want to dual boot Windows XP Professional with Windows NT<br />

4.0, Windows Me, Windows XP Home Edition, or earlier Windows operating systems,<br />

you must use basic disks. Dynamic disks support many advanced features such as volume<br />

spanning, volume extending, and unlimited volumes per disk.<br />

To successfully answer questions in this objective, you must be familiar with the common<br />

types of fixed and removable storage and know how to install, manage, and troubleshoot<br />

each type. You need to know how to use the tools included with Windows<br />

XP Professional for creating, managing, and modifying dynamic disks and basic disks.<br />

You must know how to enable and disable the different types of performance counters<br />

with Diskperf.exe, and know how to view performance data in the Performance Logs<br />

and Alerts snap-in.

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