Study Lab for Chapter 15

Use the “Key Terms and Definitions” section of the lab to review terms used in this chapter. Try the “Practice Test” to check your comprehension of the chapter. Tackle the “Lab Exercises” to apply your knowledge.

Key Terms and Definitions

access control

Windows NT/2000/XP method of using user and group lists to limit access to drives and folders.

active (partition)

A primary partition that has been set as bootable. Option must be set manually within Fdisk if a primary plus extended partition is configured on a hard disk.

allocation unit

A group of sectors (number varies with file system and drive size) used by Windows to store files. If a file's data occupies only part of an allocation unit, the rest of the allocation unit ...

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