What will the following command accomplish in Linux? fdisk /dev/hda

The correct answer is A. Partition the hard drive. fdisk is a Linux command-line utility for managing disk partition tables. Running 'fdisk /dev/hda' opens an interactive partition editor for the first IDE hard drive (/dev/hda). From here, an administrator can create, delete, or modify partitions. It does not format the drive…

Submitted by yuki_2020· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

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APartition the hard drive
BFormat the hard drive
CDelete all files under the /dev/hda folder
DFill the disk with zeros

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fdisk is a Linux command-line utility for managing disk partition tables. Running 'fdisk /dev/hda' opens an interactive partition editor for the first IDE hard drive (/dev/hda). From here, an administrator can create, delete, or modify partitions. It does not format the drive (that requires mkfs), does not delete files directly, and does not zero-fill the disk (that would use dd with /dev/zero). fdisk strictly operates on the partition table structure of the specified disk.

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#fdisk#disk partitioning#Linux commands#Disk management

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