{"id":264,"date":"2020-03-19T18:58:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=264"},"modified":"2020-03-19T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T17:00:16","slug":"windows-10-disk-management-terms-it-should-know-what-are-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/windows-10-disk-management-terms-it-should-know-what-are-these\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 disk management terms IT should know-what are these?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Windows 10 disk management is a crucial function that system admins should be able to perform. To manage Windows disks, IT must know the difference between volumes and partitions.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gary Olsen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technology consultant and freelance author – SearchEnterpriseDesktop<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\t\n\t\n\tPublished: 09 Dec 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows 10 disk management ensures users have an optimal desktop \nconfiguration that allows applications and data to operate successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admins may encounter challenges with Windows disk management<\/a> because the terminology can be confusing and the Windows Disk Management tool can be difficult to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows 10 disk management terms defined<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Windows admins should familiarize themselves with these Windows 10 \ndisk terms to ensure they can navigate the Windows 10 Disk Management \ntool or any third-party disk management tool.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard disk<\/strong>. A disk that is a physical device for data storage. This could be a hard disk drive (HDD)<\/a>,\n a solid state drive (SSD), USB storage or other removeable drive, or an\n audio CD or DVD. “Disk” in the context of the following definitions is \njust a storage term and not a physical device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic disk.<\/strong> A storage type that contains partitions\n and logical drives formatted with a file system for data storage. Basic\n disks include clustered disks and USB removable drives. They support \nmaster boot record (MBR) and GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitions. Windows 10 desktops<\/a> partition a drive as a basic disk by default.\n \n \n Windows 10 desktops partition a drive as a basic disk by default.\n \n \n \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynamic disk.<\/strong> These differ from basic disks<\/a>\n in that they span multiple disks and create fault tolerant volumes such\n as mirrored and redundant array of inexpensive or independent disks \n(RAID). They are more flexible and manageable than basic disks and IT \ncan create them in Windows disk. IT can convert basic disks to dynamic \ndisks and dynamic disks to basic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volumes and partitions<\/strong>. Some people use these terms\n interchangeably and can cause a bit of confusion for IT. Both terms are\n logical structures or divisions of a disk that appear as individual \ndisks to the OS. IT can create a volume on a dynamic disk and spans \nmultiple disks — often a RAID configuration — where a partition is \ncreated on a basic disk. A simple volume is a volume on a single drive. \nIT must format partitions with a file system to store data including \nWindows and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boot disk or partition<\/strong>. A recovery CD, DVD or \nfloppy disk that IT can use to start Windows for troubleshooting if the \ncomputer won’t boot. A boot partition is a partition that holds the \nfiles for Windows and is accessed during the Windows boot up process. IT\n must have Windows installed on a basic disk that contains at least one \nactive MBR<\/a> partition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Windows 10 disk management is a crucial function that system admins should be able to perform. To manage Windows disks, IT must know the difference between volumes and partitions. By Gary Olsen Technology consultant and freelance author – SearchEnterpriseDesktop Published: 09 Dec 2019 Windows 10 disk management ensures users have an optimal desktop configuration that allows applications and data to<\/p>\n

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