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A technician needs to perform a clean installation of Windows 11 on a new solid-state drive (SSD) that will replace an existing hard disk. The SSD is currently unallocated space. Before installing Windows, the technician needs to prepare the drive by creating a primary partition and making it active. Which command-line utility, likely accessed from a Windows PE environment, should the technician use?
- Aformat
- Bchkdsk
- Cbootrec
- Ddiskpart
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Correct answer: D. diskpart
DiskPart is a command-line utility used to manage disk partitions. It can create, delete, format, and manage partitions and volumes on hard disks, making it ideal for preparing a new unallocated drive for a Windows installation.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. format formats an existing partition, it doesn't create or activate it.
- B. chkdsk checks and repairs file system errors, not for partition management.
- C. bootrec is for repairing boot configuration data, not for initial disk partitioning.
DiskPart
A command-line utility in Windows used to manage disk objects (disks, partitions, volumes). It allows users to create, delete, format, extend, and assign drive letters to partitions.
- Essential for advanced disk management tasks.
- Often used in Windows PE for preparing drives for OS installation.
- Commands include 'list disk', 'select disk', 'create partition primary', 'active', 'format'.
Memory trick: DiskPart carves up your disk into 'parts'.