These resources contain additional information
“Active Directory” in the Distributed Systems Guide for information about finding a printer by an attribute, such as location.
“Authorization and Access Control” in this book for more information about setting permissions.
“Configuring TCP/IP” in this book for information about printer location.
“Managing Devices” in this book for information about Plug and Play technology.
Administrators can use the Disk Management snap-in or the new DiskPart command-line tool to manage disks and volumes in Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Both tools support dynamic disks and
For more information about the NTFS file system and the file allocation table file systems FAT and FAT32, see “File Systems” in this book.
For more information about troubleshooting problems related to disks and using Chkdsk and Disk Defragmenter, see “Troubleshooting Disks and File Systems” in this book.
For more information about the startup process and Boot.ini, see “Troubleshooting Startup” in this book.
The Windows XP Professional operating system provides improved disk management. Table 12-1 summarizes the enhancements made from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional.
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New Feature |
Feature Description |
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Manage disks at the command line by using DiskPart. |
Use the new command-line tool DiskPart to perform disk-
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Extend simple and
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You can now extend most simple and spanned volumes after converting them from basic to dynamic. For more information, see “Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks” later in this chapter. |
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Extend basic volumes by using DiskPart. |
Use DiskPart to extend primary partitions and logical
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Use a new partition style for disks in Itanium-based computers. |
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition supports a new partition style called GUID partition table (GPT). The GPT partition style offers benefits such as support for volumes up to 18 exabytes and 128 partitions per disk. |
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Use NTFS when you format dynamic volumes and GPT disks by using Disk Management. |
When you use the Disk Management snap-in, NTFS is the only file system available for dynamic volumes and for disks that use the GPT partition style. If you want to format dynamic volumes and GPT disks by using the file allocation table (FAT) file systems, you must use the format command at the command line. |
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Use dynamic disks to create volumes that span multiple disks. |
Dynamic disks are the mandatory storage type for volumes that span multiple disks. Therefore, before you upgrade from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional, you must convert basic disks to dynamic if they contain volume sets or stripe sets created by using Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0. |
If you are migrating from Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0, the enhancements in Table 12-2 apply in addition to those outlined in Table 12-1.
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New Feature |
Feature Description |
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Basic and dynamic disk storage |
Windows XP Professional offers two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic disks use the same disk structures as those used in Windows NT 4.0. Dynamic disks, which offer features not available in basic disks, were introduced in Windows 2000 and are supported and enhanced by Windows XP Professional. |
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Online disk management |
You can perform most disk-related tasks without shutting down the computer or interrupting users, and most configuration changes take effect immediately. For example, you can create or extend a volume without restarting the computer. You can also add disks without restarting. For information about changes that do require restarting the computer, see “Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks” later in this chapter. |
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Disk Management snap-in |
The Disk Management snap-in
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Local and remote disk management |
By using the Disk Management snap-in, you can manage any remote computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition on which you are a member of the Administrators
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Limited support for multidisk volumes created by using Windows NT 4.0 |
Because Windows XP Professional offers limited support for multidisk volumes created by Windows NT 4.0, you must perform certain steps before you upgrade to Windows XP Professional. For more information, see “Preparing Multidisk Volumes for Windows XP Professional” later in this chapter. |