Knowledge About Hard Disk

There are various types of Hard Disks. Some of them are:

IDE : Integrated Device Electronic. Known as PATA as well.
PATA : Parallel advance technology attachment
- Mostly found in Desktop computers. But, don't use so much nowadays.

SATA: Serial advance technology attachment
- Used in Laptops, Desktops and Servers.

SCSI: Small Computer System Interface

SAS: Serial attached SCSI
- Mostly found in Servers.


  
Cleaning Up Disk in Windows 

We can clean up system error memory dump files from hard disk that make computer slow to work. How to clean up?

- Press Windows and R keys together at the same time
- Run box will be appeared
- Type cleanmgr.exe in the Run Box and click OK
- Select drive and click OK
- Select Files you want to delete and click OK
- Click Delete Files



Check Disk

We can use windows command to check disks in computer. How to check?

- Go to command prompt 
- Press Right Click and click Run As Administrator
- Type chkdsk in the command prompt and press Enter
Then, system will check the disks.


Disk Management

We can create new partitions, delete partitions and change drive names. How to use disk management?

- Press Windows and R Keys together at the same time 
- Run Box will be appeared
- Type diskmgmt.msc in the Run Box and click OK
Then, we can manage the disks.


How to create new partitons/volumes 

- Select the drive
- Press Right Click and click Shrink Volume
- Enter the amount of space we want to create for new partition
- Click Shrink and wait a moment
- The unallocated space will be appeared and select it
- Press Right Click and click New Simple Volume
- Click Next and Next again.
- Choose Drive Letter(D, E, F) and click Next
- Choose File System(FAT, NTFS) and give name to the volume/partition in the Volume label
- Click Next and Finish