1. 70-270: MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Second Edition, Enhanced Chapter 4: Managing Windows XP File Systems and Storage

2. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 2 Objectives Understand basic and dynamic storage Understand the drive configurations supported by Windows XP Understand the FAT, FAT32, and NTFS file systems Understand Windows XP drive, volume, and partition maintenance and administration Understand how to manage folder-level properties Understand permissions, sharing, and other issues related to file systems

3. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 3 File Storage Basics Basic storage Centers on partitioning physical disk Dynamic storage New method supported only by Windows XP and Windows 2000 Based on volumes, not partitions Allows for more flexibility in drive configurations

4. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 4 Basic Storage Traditional method of dividing a hard drive into partitions Partition Logical division of the physical space on a hard drive Must be formatted before they can be used

5. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 5 Activity 4-1: Creating a Disk Partition Objective: Use Disk Management to create a new partition Use Computer Management tool to create a partition Primary partition Can be marked active Used to boot the computer Extended partition Can be subdivided into additional divisions or drives called logical drives Cannot be used to boot computer

6. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 6 Activity 4-2: Activating a Partition Objective: Use Disk Management to make a different partition active Follow instructions to mark partition active Volumes Two to 32 partitions combined into a single logical structure formatted with a single file system Represented in the operating system by a single drive letter Should be as large as file system/OS allows

7. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 7 Dynamic Storage Does not use partitions Views an entire physical hard drive as a single entity Drives belong to the OS on which they were created Existing drives with partitions can be upgraded to dynamic storage

8. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 8 Activity 4-3: Creating a New Volume/Activity Objective: Use the Disk Management tool to create a new volume and format it with a file system Follow instructions to create a new volume using Computer Management

9. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 9 Activity 4-4: Converting From Basic to Dynamic Objective: Use Disk Management to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk. Follow instructions to convert drive

10. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 10 Activity 4-5: Creating a New Volume on a Dynamic Disk Objective: Create a volume on a dynamic disk Create a new volume on the disk created in the previous activity.

11. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 11 Activity 4-6: Extending a Volume Objective: Use Disk Management to extend a volume Volume is extended to cover two drives Good technique when drive runs out of space

12. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 12 Activity 4-7: Reverting From Dynamic to Basic Objective: Use Disk Management to convert a dynamic disk back to a basic disk Volumes on drive must be removed before drive is converted

13. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 13 Drive Configurations Simple volume All or part of a single drive Spanned volume Two or more parts (up to 32) of one or more drives, or a volume configuration of two or more entire drives Striped volume Two or more volumes (up to 32) of one or more drives or two or more entire drives (up to 32) Do not provide any fault tolerance

14. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 14 File Systems XP supported file systems: NTFS FAT FAT32

15. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 15 FAT and FAT32 For backwards compatibility with older systems Supports volumes up to 4 GB in size Most efficient on volumes smaller than 256 MB Root directory can contain only 512 entries No file-level compression No file-level security Maximum file size is 2 GB

16. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 16 NTFS Support for volumes up to 2 TB in size Most efficient on volumes larger than 10 MB Root directory can contain unlimited entries File-level compression File-level security File-level encryption Disk quotas, which are a means to limit drive space consumption by users

17. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 17 Converting File Systems To convert: Reformat drive with new file system Use Convert utility to convert FAT/FAT32 to NTFS

18. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 18 Activity 4-8: Converting To NTFS Objective: Use the CONVERT command to convert a FAT partition to NTFS Follow instructions to convert partition Proceed only if the conversion of this volume will not compromise your system

19. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 19 File Compression Ability to compress data on the basis of single files, folders, or entire volumes Benefit Able to store more data in the same space Drawback Performance suffers due to compressing and uncompressing Must have Full Control to compress object

20. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 20 Activity 4-9: Compressing and Decompressing A Folder Objective: Use Windows Explorer to compress and decompress a folder and its contents Practice compressing folders using the folder Properties

21. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 21 Disk Management Actions Disk Management tool All Tasks menu Context sensitive menu Options to create, remove and configure Disks Volumes Partitions

22. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 22 Activity 4-10: Changing Drive Letters Objective: Change the letter assigned to a drive using the right-click menu Use Disk Management tool to change drive letter

23. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 23 Activity 4-11: Deleting a Partition Objective: Delete a partition Follow instructions to use Disk Management to remove a partition

24. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 24 Activity 4-12: Deleting a Volume Objective: Use Disk Management to delete a volume Follow instructions to use Disk Management to remove a volume

25. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 25 The Properties Dialog Boxes Offer additional details and configuration settings for: Drives Volumes Partitions

26. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 26 Drive Letters and Mount Points Grant applications and user interface utilities access to file system resources A & B: Used for floppies C through Z Used for local hard drives or mappings for network shares Mount point Alternative to drive letters Connects a FAT/FAT32 or NTFS volume or partition to an empty directory on an NTFS volume or partition

27. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 27 Activity 4-13: Creating a New Mounted Volume Objective: Create a mount point on an NTFS folder using Disk Management. Create a new map point to Partition B

28. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 28 Activity 4-14: Deleting a Mounted Volume Objective: Delete the mounted volume that was created in the last activity

29. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 29 Disk Cleanup Tool used to free up space on hard drives by removing deleted, orphaned, temporary, or downloaded files

30. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 30 Check Disk Inspection utility Examines disk integrity and locates both logical and physical errors on a hard drive Called ScanDisk Check Disk in earlier versions of Windows Used after improper shutdown

31. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 31 Defragmentation Fragmentation Division of a file into two or more parts Each part stored in a different location on the hard drive Defragmentation Reorganize files so they are stored contiguously and no gaps are left between files Disk Defragmenter utility

32. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 32 FSUTIL Powerful command-line utility Only used by administrators Help and Support Center Contains online documentation

33. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 33 Folder Options Used to set the functional and visual parameters of the folders on the system General tab View tab File Types tab Offline Files tab

34. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 34 File System Object Level Properties Accessed through Properties dialog boxes of folder or object Minor differences depending on file system

35. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 35 NTFS Folder Object General tab: General information (name, size, etc.) Sharing tab Security tab

36. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 36 FAT/FAT32 Folder Object General tab: Name, type, location, etc. Sharing tab Customize tab

37. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 37 NTFS File Object Three common tabs: General Sharing Security Other tabs depending on object type

38. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 38 FAT/FAT32 File Object General tab Other tabs depending on object type

39. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 39 NTFS-Mounted Volume Object General tab Sharing tab Security tab Customize tab

40. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 40 FAT/FAT32-Mounted Volume Object General tab Sharing tab Customize tab

41. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 41 Managing NTFS Permissions NTFS Only file system supported by Windows XP that offers file- level security Determines what can be done to a file system object and who can perform those actions Different permissions for folders and files

42. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 42 NTFS File and Folder Permissions Read Write List folder contents Read & execute Modify Full control Configured on the Security tab of object’s Properties dialog box

43. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 43 Rules for Working With NTFS Permissions NTFS object permissions always apply Permissions are cumulative Override any contradictory settings on the parent or container folder Deny overrides all other specific Allows

44. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 44 Inheritance of Permissions New object assumes permissions of parent container Moving or copying an object from NTFS to FAT NTFS settings are lost Object inherits the FAT attributes and settings of its new container Moving or copying an object from FAT to NTFS Object inherits NTFS settings and permissions of its new container

45. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 45 Troubleshooting Access and Permission Problems Most access problems: Resource object has wrong settings Or user account has wrong settings Avoid Common problems: Grant permission only as needed. Rely upon NTFS to restrict access Grant Full Control only when necessary, even on shares Change permissions on a folder level, allow changes to affect all child elements

46. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 46 Simple File Sharing Used when quick and easy file sharing is needed Commonly used in home networks No granular permission control Effective only when Windows XP is a member of workgroup Dragging and dropping folders and drives into Shared Documents folder

47. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 47 Managing Shared Folders Sharing tab Found on both FAT/FAT32 and NTFS folder Properties dialog boxes Used to enable remote access

48. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 48 Activity 4-15: Creating a Share Objective: Create a share using Windows Explorer for a specific group Activity requires that Windows XP be installed and that an NTFS partition is present.

49. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 49 Activity 4-16: Creating and Removing a Share Objective: Use Windows Explorer to create and then remove a share Activity requires that Windows XP be installed and that an NTFS partition is present

50. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 50 Activity 4-17: Mapping a Network Drive Objective: Use Windows Explorer to map a drive to a network share Activity requires that the Windows XP Professional be a client on a network with at least one shared folder available for mapping

51. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 51 Working With Media Folders and The Customize Tab My Documents, My Music, and My Pictures folders Default storage locations for: Documents Music files Images Top-level media folders cannot be altered Customize tab Used to define type of folder the mount point represents

52. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 52 Zipping Files and Compressed Folders Zipped files Preferred method of moving large or multiple files around over the Internet Compressed files that house one or more files into a single.zip file Zipping capabilities built into file system of XP

53. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 53 Burning CDs Support for writing files to a blank recordable CD Included in XP Ability to duplicate CDs Record audio CDs from other audio CDs or music files (through Windows Media Player) Erase CD-RWs

54. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 54 Activity 4-18: Copying Files to a CD Objective: Use Windows XP’s built-in CD-burning software to copy files from the disk drive to a CD

55. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 55 Using Offline Files Work with network files when not connected to network Does not change normal access methods Maintains the duplicate offline version of the files Redirections completely unseen by user

56. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 56 Activity 4-19: Accessing Offline Files Objective: Make files located on the network available while not connected to the network Use Windows Explorer to make files available offline

57. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 57 Folder Redirection Alter physical storage location of commonly used folders Redirect to a network server Retain original local access methods To configure: Local users alter location of My Documents folder Group policy redirects to a share on a network server

58. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 58 Removable Media Include any storage device installed onto a Windows XP system Tape devices DVD and CD-ROM drives Optical drives Zip and Jaz drives Can be configured through Device Manager

59. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 59 The Microsoft Distributed File System Windows 2000 or Windows.NET Server-hosted service Manipulate and manage shared resources Single hierarchical system Single access point for logical tree structure No regard to physical location of resources

60. Guide to MCSE 70-270, Second Edition, Enhanced 60 Summary Volumes and partitions formatted with NTFS, FAT, or FAT32 NTFS recommended Disk-related utilities are Disk Cleanup, Check Disk, Disk Defragmenter File system objects have Properties XP includes support for simple file sharing, zipped files, CD burning, folder redirection, management of removable media, and DFS