Table of Contents
1: Experimental purpose:
1. Understand the basics of disk storage
(1) Hard drive
(2) Partition
(3) Disk format
(4) Disk capacity
(5) Disk allocation unit
(6) Disk drive letters
(7) Disk check
2. Understand basic disk management methods
(1) View disk information
(2) Create partition
(3) Delete partition
(4) Extended partition
(5) Compressed partition
(6) Modify partition drive letter
(7) Disk cleanup
(8) Disk check
3. Master dynamic disk management methods
(1) View dynamic disk information
(2) Create a dynamic volume
(3) Expand dynamic volume
(4) Reduce dynamic volume
(5) Create a cross-volume volume set
(6) Expand cross-volume volume set
(7) Reduce the span volume set
(8) Convert disk type
2. Experiment content:
1. Open the virtual machine settings
2. Open Computer Management
3. Online
4. Initialize the hard disk and complete the connection
5. Create a primary partition
6. Extend partition
7. Delete the basic volume
8. Dynamic disk
9. Create a simple volume
10. Spanning volume creation function
11. Delete all volumes and create striped volumes
12. Delete all volumes and create mirror volumes
13. Interrupt mirror volume
14. Delete existing volumes
3. End of experiment
4. Summary
1. Windows hard disk management
2. Participate in Windows hard disk management experiment
3. Learn Windows hard drive management
One: Experimental purpose:
1. Understand the basic knowledge of disk storage
(1)Hard Drive
*A physical hard disk device in a computer, usually connected to the motherboard using a SATA, IDE, or SCSI interface. Hard drives serve as the primary storage medium and provide most of the storage space in a computer.
(2) Partition
*A hard drive can be divided into multiple partitions, with each partition viewed as an independent logical hard drive. In Windows, partitions are created and managed through the Disk Management tool.
(3) Disk format
*There are two main disk formats supported by Windows systems, FAT and NTFS. The FAT file system stores files on disk in clusters, while the NTFS file system stores files in sectors. NTFS file system is more secure than FAT file system and supports larger file sizes and higher data security.
(4) Disk capacity
*Refers to the total storage capacity of a hard drive or partition, usually measured in GB or TB. The capacity of hard drives will continue to increase with the advancement of technology, and the largest hard drive capacity currently exceeds 20 TB.
(5) Disk Allocation Unit
*Disk space is divided into equal-sized sectors, and each sector is called a disk allocation unit (cluster). The cluster size selected during formatting affects how efficiently the file is stored.
(6) Disk drive letter
*Windows assigns hard drives or partitions a separate letter, such as C, D, E, etc., that uniquely identifies each hard drive or partition. These drive letters are necessary to identify the disk in Windows.
(7) Disk Check
*Windows can perform disk inspection and repair to detect and resolve disk errors. This can be done through the “Disk Check” tool.
2. Understand basic disk management methods
(1) View disk information
*In Windows systems, open “My Computer” or “File Explorer” to view all disk partitions in your computer and their capacity and space information.
(2) Create partition
*Open the “Disk Management” tool, right-click on the unallocated space or existing partition, select “New Simple Volume”, and follow the wizard to complete the partition.
(3) Delete partition
*Find the partition you want to delete in “Disk Management”, right-click the partition, select “Delete Volume”, and follow the prompts to complete the deletion.
(4) Extended Partition
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the partition that needs to be extended, select “Extend Volume”, and follow the prompts to complete the operation.
(5) Compressed Partition
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the partition to be compressed, select “Compress Volume”, and follow the prompts to complete the operation.
(6) Modify partition drive letter
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the partition and select “Change Drive Letter and Path” to modify the partition’s drive letter.
(7) Disk Cleanup
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the partition, select “Properties”, click “Disk Cleanup”, the system will automatically scan and list the files that can be cleaned, and the user can check the files that need to be cleaned.
(8) Disk Check
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the partition, select “Properties”, and click “Tools” to perform disk check and repair operations.
3. Master the dynamic disk management method
(1) View dynamic disk information
*Open the “Disk Management” tool and you can see all disk information. Dynamic disks will appear as “Dynamic”.
(2) Create a dynamic volume
*Right-click the unallocated space, select “New Simple Volume”, select “Dynamic Volume” in the wizard, and follow the prompts to complete the creation.
(3) Extend dynamic volume
*Right-click the volume to be extended, select “Extend Volume”, and follow the prompts to complete the expansion.
(4) Shrink dynamic volume
*Dynamic volumes cannot be shrunk directly. You need to delete the data on the volume first and then shrink the volume. In “Disk Management”, right-click the volume, select “Shrink Volume”, and follow the prompts to complete the operation.
(5) Create a span-volume volume set
*Open the “Disk Management” tool, select two or more adjacent dynamic volumes, right-click and select “New Spanning Volume Set”, and follow the wizard prompts to complete the operation.
(6) Expand span-volume volume set
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the spanned volume set, select “Extend Volume Set”, and follow the prompts to complete the expansion operation.
(7) Reduce spanned volume set
*Span-volume volume sets cannot be reduced directly. You need to delete the data in the volume set first and then reduce the volume set. In “Disk Management”, right-click the volume set, select “Shrink Volume Set”, and follow the prompts to complete the operation.
(8) Convert disk type
*In “Disk Management”, right-click the disk, select “Convert to Dynamic Disk” or “Convert to Basic Disk”, and follow the prompts to complete the operation.
2. Experimental content:
1. Open the virtual machine settings
Select Add->Hard Disk->…->Maximum Disk Size: 10G, and add a total of three disks of similar sizes.
2. Open Computer Management
->Storage->Disk Management Pull down the vertical flow scroll bar and confirm that you have obtained 3 new hard disks that are not online.
3. Online
Right-click on the disk that is not online, then click Online and repeat the operation to confirm that you have obtained three new uninitialized hard disks.
Right-click on the disk that is not online, then click Online and repeat the operation to confirm that you have obtained three new uninitialized hard disks.
4. Initialize the hard disk and complete the connection
Complete connection
Function: By initializing the hard disk, Windows will divide the hard disk into one or multiple logical partitions and create an independent file system for each partition. . This allows users to store multiple different file systems and data types, such as documents, photos, video and audio files, on the same hard drive. In addition, during the hard drive initialization process, you can also choose to format the hard drive into different file systems such as FAT32 and NTFS, which will determine the compatibility and performance of the hard drive.
5. Create a primary partition
Create a primary partition with a capacity of 2G on disk 1
Create a primary partition with a capacity of 2G on disk 1
6. Extended partition
Expand the primary partition on disk 1 by 2G.
Extend the primary partition on disk 1 by 2G.
7. Delete basic volume
8. Dynamic disk
Convert all basic disks numbered 1-3 to dynamic disks
Convert all basic disks numbered 1-3 to dynamic disks
9. Create a simple volume
Create a simple volume again on disk 1 with a capacity of 5G and expand it to 15G
Create a simple volume again on disk 1 with a capacity of 5G and expand it to 15G
10. Spanned volume creation function
Use the spanned volume creation function to add the remaining space of the second hard disk and all the space of the third disk to the F drive
Use the spanned volume creation function to put the remaining space of the second hard disk and all the space of the third disk into the F drive
11. Delete all volumes and create striped volumes
Each requires 5G space
Require each to provide 5G space
12. Delete all volumes and create a mirror volume
13. Interrupt mirror volume
Open the E and F drives respectively and verify that they both exist in the folder abc
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14. Delete existing volumes
3. The end of the experiment
4. Summary
1. Windows hard drive management
(1) It is a technology for managing computer hard disks. It can help users partition, format, expand, compress, move, merge, delete and other operations on hard disks. Learning Windows hard drive management can help us better manage computer hard drives and improve computer processing speed and efficiency.
2. Participate in Windows hard disk management experiments
(2) You can better master the basic knowledge and skills of Windows hard disk management. During the experiment, you can learn how to use Windows disk management programs and command line tools, how to partition hard disks and install operating systems, how to back up and restore hard disk data, etc. Through practical operations, you can have a deeper understanding of various technologies and methods of Windows hard disk management.
3. Learn Windows hard disk management
(3) In short, learning Windows hard drive management and participating in experiments are very valuable, and can help us better manage computer hard drives, improve computer performance and efficiency, and thus better meet personal and work needs.