Troubleshooting Drive Preparation Problems
Hard drive preparation is one of the major upgrade tasks of a computer technician. Review this section to prepare yourself for troubleshooting questions on the A+ Certification Exams and to improve your skill in day-to-day troubleshooting.
Troubleshooting Drive Preparation Problems with Fdisk
Fdisk can be used to troubleshoot BIOS configuration and compatibility options with ATA/IDE drives. Some of these options work only on a drive that's already been partitioned with Fdisk. Consequently, if you are concerned about BIOS issues, use the Fdisk defaults to prepare the drive; you can always delete the primary partition and start over again if you have problems.
LBA Mode Troubleshooting
You can use Fdisk ...
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