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Disk Management and Driver Basics Guide

Disk Management is a Windows utility that allows users to manage hard drives, optical drives, and flash drives by creating, deleting, and formatting partitions and volumes. It has three main areas - the console tree, volume list, and graphical view. Alternatives to Disk Management include third party partition manager software. Device drivers enable hardware devices to communicate with the operating system. They can be located by determining the hardware type and downloading from the manufacturer. The Device Manager identifies outdated or missing drivers. Antivirus software protects computers and networks from viruses. It is also known as antivirus, AVS, or antivir. Examples include Norton, McAfee, and Windows Defender.

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Disk Management and Driver Basics Guide

Disk Management is a Windows utility that allows users to manage hard drives, optical drives, and flash drives by creating, deleting, and formatting partitions and volumes. It has three main areas - the console tree, volume list, and graphical view. Alternatives to Disk Management include third party partition manager software. Device drivers enable hardware devices to communicate with the operating system. They can be located by determining the hardware type and downloading from the manufacturer. The Device Manager identifies outdated or missing drivers. Antivirus software protects computers and networks from viruses. It is also known as antivirus, AVS, or antivir. Examples include Norton, McAfee, and Windows Defender.

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DISK MANAGEMENT

DEVICE DRIVER
ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM
A review
DISK MANAGEMENT
Disk Management is used to manage the
drives installed in a computer like:
hard disk drives (internal and external),
optical disk drives, and
flash drives.
Disk Management is a Microsoft Windows
utility first introduced in Windows XP as a
replacement for the fdisk command.
ACCESSING DISK MANAGEMENT
IN WINDOWS 7
1. Right-click Computer icon.
2. Select Manage.
3. Click Disk Management
THREE BASIC AREAS OF DISK
MANAGEMENT

1. Console Tree -
contains the link to
open the disk
management tool
2. Volume List top area
3. Graphical View
bottom area
BASIC DISK MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS

Create partitions, logical drives, and volumes.


Delete partitions, logical drives, and volumes.
Format partitions and volumes.
ALTERNATIVES TO DISK
MANAGEMENT
Downloadable software
Minitool Partition Wizard Free
DoD 5220.22-M
DEVICE DRIVER
More commonly known as a
driver
device driver
hardware driver
It is a group of files that enable one or
more hardware devices to communicate
with the computer's operating system.
HOW DO I LOCATE SOFTWARE OR
DRIVERS FOR MY COMPUTER?

1.Determine the hardware


2.Download location
HOW TO IDENTIFY OUTDATED OR
MISSING DRIVERS?

1.Right-click computer
icon/button.
2.Select Properties
3.Click Device Manager
ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM

Alternatively referred to as an:


antivirus software,
AVS,
antivir,
AV
An antivirus program is a software utility
designed to protect your computer or
network against computer viruses.
EXAMPLES OF AVS
GET READY FOR
RE-QUIZ

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