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A system dives nearly full, and a technician needs to free up some space. Which of the following tools should the technician use?
The correct answer is A. Disk Cleanup. When a system drive is nearly full, the Disk Cleanup utility is the appropriate tool to free up space by removing temporary and unnecessary files.
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A system dives nearly full, and a technician needs to free up some space. Which of the following tools should the technician use?
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- ADisk Cleanup
- BResource Monitor
- CDisk Defragment
- DDisk Management
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Why each option
When a system drive is nearly full, the Disk Cleanup utility is the appropriate tool to free up space by removing temporary and unnecessary files.
Disk Cleanup is a utility that scans for and allows the removal of various types of unnecessary files, such as temporary internet files, system error memory dump files, and Recycle Bin contents, effectively freeing up disk space.
Resource Monitor displays real-time system resource usage (CPU, memory, disk, network) but does not have functionality to delete files or free up disk space.
Disk Defragment rearranges fragmented data on a hard drive to improve performance, but it does not remove files or free up disk space.
Disk Management allows for partitioning, formatting, and managing disk volumes, but it does not directly free up space by deleting unnecessary files.
Concept tested: Disk space management tools
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-tools/disk-cleanup
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