On a hard drive, primary partition that
contains an operating system

Two or more drives in a group that are used for a striped volume

Procedure in which all the files on a hard disk are rewritten on disk so that all parts of each file reside in contiguous clusters. The result is an improvement in disk speed during retrieval operations.

The process of electronically subdividing the physical drive into smaller units.

Section of the storage area of a hard disk. Created during initial preparation of the hard disk, before the disk is formatted.

Physical unit of a storage medium, such as tape reel or disk pack, that is capable of having data recorded on it and subsequently read. Also, a contiguous collection of cylinders or blocks on a disk that are treated as a separate unit

Basic unit of storage on a floppy or hard disk

Striped set with parity

Snap-in available with the Microsoft
Management Console that enables techs to configure the various disks installed in a system; available in the Computer
Management Administrative Tool

Hard drive partitioned in the “classic” way
with a master boot record (MBR) and partition table.

Volume that uses space on multiple
dynamic disks

Utility built into Windows that can help
users clean up their disks by removing temporary Internet files, deleting unused program files, and more.

Table located in the boot sector of a hard
drive that lists every partition on the disk that contains a valid operating system

Robust and secure file system
introduced by Microsoft with Windows NT. Provides an amazing array of configuration options for user access and security. Users can be granted access to data on a file-byfile basis. Enables object-level security, long filenam

RAID 0 volumes. Data is spread across
two drives for increased speed

Scheme that directs how an OS stores and
retrieves data on and off a drive. Used interchangeably with the term file system

Partition on a Windows hard drive that
can store a bootable operating system

Application allowing network administrators
to limit hard drive space usage

Encryption tool found in NTFS 5 and later

Hard drive error detection and, to
a certain extent, correction utility in Windows

Volume created when setting up dynamic
disks. Acts like a primary partition on a dynamic disk

A process that places special information
on every hard drive installed in a Windows system

After the MBR locates the appropriate partition, the _______________________, loads the OS on that partition. It stores information important to its partition, such as the location of the OS boot files?

Drive that functions like a folder mounted
into another drive