Hard Disk |
The following settings and tasks relate to using hard disks, typically accessed through My Computer or Windows Explorer. See Figure 5-4. (See also "Folders".)
Explorer right-click drive icon Sharing Caching
See "Chkntfs" in Chapter 4.
Disk Management ( diskmgmt.msc ); see "Microsoft Management Console" in Chapter 4.
See "Label" in Chapter 4.
Explorer right-click drive icon Properties Tools tab Check Now
Explorer right-click drive icon Properties General tab Disk Cleanup
Explorer right-click drive icon Properties Compress drive to save disk space
See "NTFS Compression Utility" in Chapter 4.
See "FAT to NTFS Conversion Utility" in Chapter 4.
Disk Management ( diskmgmt.msc ) View Top Disk List right-click on drive in top pane Convert to Dynamic Disk
Explorer right-click drive icon Properties Tools tab Defragment Now
Device Manager right-click drive Properties Policies tab Enable write caching on the disk
See "NTFS Compression Utility" in Chapter 4.
See "Format" in Chapter 4.
See "Indexing".
Device Manager right-click drive Properties Volumes tab Populate
See "DiskPart" in Chapter 4.
Explorer right-click folder icon Properties Quota tab
Group Policy ( gpedit.msc ) Computer Configuration Administrative Templates System Disk Quotas
See "Chkdsk" in Chapter 4.
Explorer right-click drive icon Sharing Share this folder
Control Panel Power Options Power Schemes tab Turn off monitor
Disk Management ( diskmgmt.msc ); see "Microsoft Management Console" in Chapter 4.