Microsoft® Windows® XP Unleashed

Chapter 18. Managing Disks and Partitions

In This Chapter

• Basic Disks and Dynamic Disks

• Choosing Partitions and Volume Types

• Comparing File Systems: FAT, FAT32, and NTFS

• Using the Disk Management Utility

• Managing Disks Through the Command Prompt

• Configuring Partition Properties

• Sharing Files with the Computer Management Utility

• Sharing Disks When You Are Part of a Domain

The most immediate storage options available to a central processing unit (CPU) are its own cache memory and the registers built onto the CPU board. Next is the computer's physical memory (SIMM, DIMM, and so on), followed by the hard disk and other fixed media, and finally the machine's removable media. Managing all of this memory for optimum computer performance can be a challenging ...