Features Common to Both Basic and Dynamic Disks

You can perform the following tasks on both basic and dynamic disks:

• Check disk properties such as capacity, available free space, and current status.
• View volume and partition properties such as size, drive-letter assignment, label, type, and file system.
• Establish drive-letter assignments for disk volumes or partitions, and for CD-ROM devices.
• Establish disk sharing and security arrangements for a volume or partition.
• Upgrade a basic disk to dynamic or revert a dynamic disk to basic.

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