INTRODUCTION
This step-by-step article describes how to use the Windows XP Disk
Management snap-in to configure a basic disk and prepare it for use.
This article also describes how to create and delete partitions, and how
to format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems.
MORE INFORMATION
Basic disks and volumes
Basic disk storage supports partition-oriented disks. A basic disk is a
physical disk that contains primary partitions, extended partitions, or
logical drives. Partitions and logical drives on basic disks are also
known as basic volumes. You can create up to four primary partitions, or
three primary partitions and one extended partition, that contain
logical drives.
If you are running Windows XP Professional and
one or more of the following operating systems on the same computer, you
must use basic volumes, because these operating systems cannot access
data that is stored on dynamic volumes:
* Windows XP Home Edition
* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or earlier
* Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition(Me)
* Microsoft Windows 98
* Microsoft Windows 95
* MS-DOS
How to use Disk Management
To start Disk Management:
1. Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrator group.
2. Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
3. In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk
Management window appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical
view and list view. To customize how you view your disks and volumes in
the upper and lower panes of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the
View menu, and then click the view that you want to use.
NOTE: Microsoft recommends that you create a full back up of your
disk contents before you make any changes to your disks or volumes.
How to create a new partition or a new logical drive
To create a new partition or logical drive on a basic disk:
1. In the Disk Management window, complete one of the following procedures, and then continue to step 2:
o To create a new partition, right-click unallocated
space on the basic disk where you want to create partition, and then
click new partition.
o To create a new logical drive
in an extended partition, right-click free space on an extended
partition where you want to create the logical drive, and then click New
Logical Drive.
2. In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.
3. Click the type of partition that you want to create (either
Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive), and then
click Next.
4. Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and then click Next.
5. Decide whether to manually assign a drive letter, let the
system automatically enumerate the drive, or do not assign a drive
letter to the new partition or logical drive, and then click Next.
6. Specify the formatting options you want to use by using one of the following procedures:
o If you do not want to format the partition, click Do not format this partition, and then click Next.
o If you want to format the partition, click Format
this partition with the following settings, and then complete the
following procedure in the Format dialog box:
1. Type a name for the volume in the Volume label box. This is an optional step.
2. Click the file system that you want to use in the
File system box. You can change the disk allocation unit size, and then
specify whether to perform a quick Format, or enable file and folder
compression on NTFS volumes.
Click Next.
7. Confirm that the options that selected are correct, and then click Finish.
The new partition or logical drive is created and appears
in the appropriate basic disk in the Disk Management window. If you
chose to format the volume in step 6, the format process now starts.
How to format a basic volume
To format a partition, logical drive or basic volume:
1. In the Disk Management window, right-click the
partition or logical drive that you want to format (or reformat), in
then click Format.
2. In the Format dialog box, type a name for the volume in the Volume label box. This is an optional step.
3. Click the file system that you want to use in the
File system box. If you want, you can also change the disk allocation
unit size, specify whether you want to perform a quick format, or enable
file and folder compression on NTFS volumes.
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK when you are prompted to format the volume. The format process starts.
How to view the properties of a basic volume
To view the properties of a partition or logical drive:
1. In the Disk Management window, right-click the
partition or logical drive that you want, and then click Properties.
2. Click the appropriate tab to view the appropriate property.
How to delete a partition or a logical drive
To delete a partition or logical drive:
1. In the Disk Management window, right-click the
partition or logical drive that you want to delete, and then click
Delete Partition or Delete Logical Drive.
2. Click
Yes when you are prompted to delete a partition or logical drive. The
partition or logical drive is deleted.
Important
o When you delete a partition or a logical drive, all the data on that partition or logical drive are deleted.
o You cannot delete the system partition, boot
partition, or a partition that contains the active paging (swap) file.
o You cannot delete an extended partition unless the
extended partition is empty. All logical drives in the extended
partition must be deleted before you can delete the extended partition.
Troubleshooting
Disk Management displays status description in graphical
view and under the Status column of list view to inform you of the
current status of the disk or volume. Use these status descriptions to
help you detect and troubleshoot disk and volume failures. The following
is a partial list of disk and volume status descriptions:
o Online
This is the normal disk status when the disk is accessible and functioning correctly.
o Healthy
This is the normal volume status when the volume is accessible and functioning correctly.
o Unreadable
The disk is inaccessible because of possible hardware failure, corruption, or I/O errors.
To troubleshoot this issue, restart the computer or rescan
the disk to try and return the disk to Online status. To rescan the
disk, open Computer Management, and then click Disk Management. On the
Action menu, click Rescan Disks.
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Saturday, 17 December 2011
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
How To Delete Temporary Files In Your Computer
Windows:
Click:
1. Start Menu
2. Type on the search bar “ %temp% ”
3. Enter
4. Temp
5. Enter
6. On the Temp Folder Select all files
7. Enter
8. Delete files
9. Yes
10. When you see “ Try again, Skip, Cancel”
11. Select “Skip” 2 times or many times and you are done
Or:
1. Start Menu
2. Type on the search bar “ run ”
3. Enter
4. Type “ %temp% ”
5. Ok
6. On the Temp Folder Select all files
7. Enter
8. Delete files
9. Yes
10. When you see “ Try again, Skip, Cancel”
11. Select “Skip” 2 times or many times and you are done
How To Keep Your Computer Healthy
Windows:
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1. Basic Disk Cleanup
2. Basic Defragment
3. Update windows
4. Update drivers
5. Use Antivirus
6. Delete Temporary Files
7. (Optional) Use DeepFreeze by Faronics to make your computer totally protected.
I hope these will help everyone.
I’ve been using these procedures over the years.
How To Clean-up Your Computer
Basic Procedure
For Windows:
Click:
1. Start Menu
2. All programs
3. Accessories
4. System Tools
5. Disk Cleanup
6. Select Drive
7. Ok
8. Ok
9. Delete Files
Do this regularly.
How To Defrag Your
Computer
Basic Procedure For Windows:
Click:
1.
Start Menu
2.
All programs
3.
Accessories
4.
System Tools
5.
Disk Defragmenter
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
How To Disable Startup Items In Windows 7
To Improve
Startup And Reboot Performance Of Your PC
This is one of the safe and useful tricks to
improve
and make a faster restart or reboot your computer.
Click: Start Menu
Type on the search box: msconfig
Enter or
Click: msconfig
Click: Startup
Click: Disable all or
Uncheck: What you want to disable on startup
Click: Apply
Click: Ok
Click: Restart
and make a faster restart or reboot your computer.
Click: Start Menu
Type on the search box: msconfig
Enter or
Click: msconfig
Click: Startup
Click: Disable all or
Uncheck: What you want to disable on startup
Click: Apply
Click: Ok
Click: Restart
Internet Settings For Gibtel
APN: www.gibtele.com
Tel. No.: *99#
User Name: gibtel ( You can leave this blank)
Password: gibtel
( You can leave this blank)
First time using the
Gibtelecom Reload Sim Card please refer to the attached Sim Card manual.
To check your credit balance dial the shortcode *100# and press send. Your credit
balance will appear on your
screen.
screen.
To top up your account dial the shortcode *101* reload scratchcard number# and press send. Your new balance and expiry date will
appear on your screen. This facility allows you to check the 14 digit number
before sending.
Internet bundles
DATA1 – The DATA1 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for a 24 hour period at £3.
DATA7 – The DATA7 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for 7 days at £10.
DATA30 – The DATA30 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for 30 days at £29.
DATA1 – The DATA1 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for a 24 hour period at £3.
DATA7 – The DATA7 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for 7 days at £10.
DATA30 – The DATA30 bundle allows you to purchase unlimited internet for 30 days at £29.
For unlimited internet for 30 days: Text: DATA30 and
send to 8100.
Customer Service Please dial 888 from your mobile phone and this is free.
Customer Service Please dial 888 from your mobile phone and this is free.
How to set up a dial-up connection in Windows 7
This is the best way to set up a dial-up connection to make your Internet connection faster. Huawei modem 3G E176G, E220 & Vodafone modems.
This set up is tested by myself with different network providers: Vodafone ES & Gibtel.
You can also use this set up for other network providers such as CTS, SmatBro & Globe or other networks using their dial-up numbers.
Click: Start Menu
Click: Control Panel
Click: Network and Sharing Center
Click: Set up a new connection or network
Select: Set up a dial-up connection
Connect to the Internet using a dial-up connection
Click: next
Dial-up phone number: *99#
User name: gibtel (Optional: You can leave this blank)
Password: gibtel (Optional: You can leave this blank)
Connection name: Put your desired name
Click: Connect
Wait until you see Browse the Internet now
And you are connected to the Internet
On the notification area or at the task bar
Click: the network icon
Right click on the dial-up connection
Click: Status
Click: Properties
Click: Options
Check only the box for Display progress while connecting or leave the boxes blank
Redial attempts: 3
Time between redial attempts: 1 second
Idle time before hanging up: never
Check the box for redial if line is dropped
If you cannot connect you must disable the firewall.
Click: Start Menu
Type: sevices
Enter
Look for: Windows Firewall
Right click on Windows Firewall
Click: Properties
Select: Disabled
Click: Apply
Click: OK
You can also use this set up for other network providers such as CTS, SmatBro & Globe or other networks using their dial-up numbers.
Click: Start Menu
Click: Control Panel
Click: Network and Sharing Center
Click: Set up a new connection or network
Select: Set up a dial-up connection
Connect to the Internet using a dial-up connection
Click: next
Dial-up phone number: *99#
User name: gibtel (Optional: You can leave this blank)
Password: gibtel (Optional: You can leave this blank)
Connection name: Put your desired name
Click: Connect
Wait until you see Browse the Internet now
And you are connected to the Internet
On the notification area or at the task bar
Click: the network icon
Right click on the dial-up connection
Click: Status
Click: Properties
Click: Options
Check only the box for Display progress while connecting or leave the boxes blank
Redial attempts: 3
Time between redial attempts: 1 second
Idle time before hanging up: never
Check the box for redial if line is dropped
If you cannot connect you must disable the firewall.
Click: Start Menu
Type: sevices
Enter
Look for: Windows Firewall
Right click on Windows Firewall
Click: Properties
Select: Disabled
Click: Apply
Click: OK
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