Windows XP Pro Windows XP Pro File System & Storage Management

Question 1

What is the maximum individual file size supported by the FAT32 file system?

Accepted Answer

4 GB minus 1 byte

Answer

FAT32 supports a maximum individual file size of 4 GB minus 1 byte (4,294,967,295 bytes) due to its 32-bit file allocation table entries.

Question 2

Which Windows XP Pro command-line utility converts a FAT32 partition to NTFS without destroying existing data?

Accepted Answer

CONVERT.EXE

Answer

CONVERT.EXE converts FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS non-destructively using the syntax: convert drive: /fs:ntfs.

Question 3

What is the default NTFS cluster size for a volume between 2 GB and 8 GB in Windows XP Pro?

Accepted Answer

4 KB

Answer

Windows XP automatically assigns a 4 KB default cluster size for NTFS volumes between 2 GB and 8 GB, balancing performance and storage efficiency.

Question 4

Which Windows XP Pro tool provides a graphical interface for creating, deleting, and formatting disk partitions?

Accepted Answer

Disk Management

Answer

Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc), accessible through Computer Management, provides a GUI for creating, formatting, and managing disk partitions.

Question 5

What type of disk in Windows XP Pro must be used to create RAID, spanned volumes, or striped volumes?

Accepted Answer

Dynamic disk

Answer

Dynamic disks support advanced storage configurations such as RAID-0 (striped), RAID-1 (mirrored), spanned, and striped volumes that basic disks cannot provide.

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