Chapter 17. Implementing Disk Management

Understanding Disk Terminology 545

Overview of Disk Management 547

Disk Management Tasks 551

NTFS 576

Summary 583

Under normal circumstances, this would be a combined chapter about disk management and storage. However, with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the subject of computer and network storage has become more complex for the administrator while at the same time it has become simpler for the user. Windows Server 2003 provides for both local and remote storage and for storage on removable media—all in a way that is completely transparent to the user. After all, the user doesn’t care whether a program or file is stored on disk, on tape, or somewhere on the intranet, as long as it’s available when needed. ...

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