Make your selections, and click OK.Ī dialog box appears, telling you that formatting will erase all data on
For the file system, youĬan choose FAT, FAT32, or NTFS. System, an allocation unit size, and a volume label. Right-click the partition you want to format or reformat, and chooseĪ window appears, as shown in Figure 1, asking you to choose a file Management utility appears in the right pane. TheĮxpand the Storage tree, and double-click Disk Management. To format orĬlick Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. Partition) using the Disk Management tool in Windows 2000 Server. You can format any partitions (with the exception of the boot or system Security and file storage features in Windows 2000 Server, and it is your best Unless you have specific reasons for using FAT or FAT32, you should Server, setup retained your file system from Windows NT (if the installation wasĪn upgrade). Provided in Windows 2000 Server is an enhanced version that supports theĪdditional security features of Kerberos. Windows 2000 Server supports FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. New technologies and features you will have to get a handle on to properly You will see some familiar features and functionsĬoncerning fault tolerance and general disk management, but there are several
This article is excerpted from his book, Configuring Windows 2000 Server (Prentice Hall PTR, 1999, ISBN 0-13-085858-7).ĭisk management in Windows 2000 Server is significantly different from In a DOS box, entering smartctl -a sda (or sdb, sdc, or the like) will tell you everything you need to know about your hard drive’s SMART status–if you can read the sometimes overlapping information.Curt Simmons has written nearly a dozen technical books and training manuals. If you love the command line, SMART Monitoring Tools might be for you. Several capable utilities allow you to view the information. Unfortunately, although many BIOSs will relay the basic “Hey, I’m okay (or not)” information to you when you boot the PC, Windows 7 doesn’t provide a way to access the details. Today’s hard drives have a self-analysis feature that keeps tabs on the drive’s health. SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) My other favorite freebie is Easeus Partition Manager Home: It’s professional in appearance and has all the features I generally need. Offering an extremely small footprint and very quick boots, Partition Logic seems to work fine, at least with internal IDE drives. You need to visit the command prompt twice during the boot process, but I have on occasion found that GParted Live boots when the Parted Magic disc will not–and vice versa. If you don’t need memory testing, or if you just want an alternative Linux partitioning boot disc, GParted Live is a slightly lighter-weight boot disc that also supports booting from a USB flash drive or an external hard drive.
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