5.6.10 Storage Troubleshooting Practice Questions – Flashcards

Make sure that the hard disk is connected to the power supply. Explanation Because you have just made a system change, you should check items related to the change you have made. In this case, check to make sure that power connectors are plugged in.

Make sure that the DVD SATA cable is connected. Make sure that the DVD power cable is connected. Explanation The first thing to check would be the simple and obvious things. Make sure that the cable connecting the DVD drive is secure. It is possible that during the installation of the hard disk that the cable might have come loose. All of the other choices would involve significantly more work. Master and Slave settings are not used on SATA devices. Moving the DVD drive to another system might make it start working, but you should verify the current configuration before trying that. Replacing the DVD drive should only be done after you verify that it is not working correctly.

Install an add-on RAID controller. Explanation Windows 10 desktop operating systems support creating RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays in Disk Management, but do not support configuring RAID 5 or RAID 10. To use RAID 10 on a client computer, you will need to use a RAID controller installed into an expansion slot or integrated into the motherboard.

Disk Management Explanation After physically installing a hard disk drive and configuring it in the CMOS, you need to partition the disk and format it with a file system using Disk Management. You can use the format command to format the disk, but it has to be partitioned first. The chkdsk command is used to scan the surface of a disk and locate bad sectors or other disk problems. The sfc command is used to verify the integrity of your Windows system files.

Do nothing. Windows 10 can natively access ex FAT file systems. Explanation exFAT is supported in Windows Vista SP1 and later. While you can use convert exe to change the file system from FAT32 to NTFS you cannot change it from exFAT to FAT32.

Failing hard drive Explanation A clicking noise when reading or writing data from the hard disk is an early sign of a failing drive. As a precaution, you should move data from the drive as soon as possible in this case. An overheated CPU or bad power supply will cause a spontaneous reboot, not a clicking. A system notification would indicate whether there is a failed drive, as it would not allow reading or writing. A failed UPS (or failed battery in the UPS) would result in a complete loss of power to the computer if the outlet (or wall) power was lost.

The Firewire cable is loose. Explanation In moving the computer, it is likely that one of the connectors on the Firewire cable came loose and is no longer properly seated. None of the other options would have been affected in just moving the computer. FireWire does not use IRQs for configuration. Simply moving the computer such a short distance would not require adding an external power supply if it wasn't needed before. Moving the computer does not change drivers used for devices.

Boot into the recovery environment and run the bootrec/rebuildbcd command. Explanation This error message is generated when the system cannot find the partition specified in the BCD database where the operating system files are located. For example, the database might be pointing to the C: drive for the operating system files, but that drive does not exist. To fix this problem, boot into the recovery environment and then run the bootrec/rebuildbcd command to rebuild the boot loader database with a list of valid operating system locations. You will not be able to boot into Safe Mode because the operating system files have not yet been loaded. The fixmbr and bootcfg commands were used on older versions of Windows.

fsutil behaviour set DisableDeleteNotify 0 Explanation If it is disabled, you can manually enable TRIM on an SSD drive by entering fsutil behaviour set DisableDeleteNotify 0. The fsutil behaviour query DisableDeleteNotify can be used to detect whether TRIM is enabled, but it doesn't actually turn it on. The chk e: /R command will check the E: drive for bad sectors and try to recover readable data. The bootrec /rebuildbcd command is used to rebuild the boot configuration data.

Make sure the power connectors on the hard disk are plugged in all of the way. Explanation Because you have just a made a system change, you should check items related to the change you have made. In this case, check to make sure that power connectors are plugged in.