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SK0-003 · Question #484

An administrator has replaced a faulty drive in a server using software RAID. The drive needs to now be partitioned before being added back to the array. Which of the following tools should the…

The correct answer is D. diskpart. To partition a new drive on a Windows server, the diskpart utility is the command-line tool designed for managing disk partitions and volumes.

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Question

An administrator has replaced a faulty drive in a server using software RAID. The drive needs to now be partitioned before being added back to the array. Which of the following tools should the administrator use to accomplish this?

Options

  • Achkdsk
  • Bmount
  • Cfsck
  • Ddiskpart

How the community answered

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  • A
    2% (1)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    95% (53)

Why each option

To partition a new drive on a Windows server, the diskpart utility is the command-line tool designed for managing disk partitions and volumes.

Achkdsk

chkdsk is a Windows command-line utility used to check the file system and file system metadata of a volume for logical and physical errors.

Bmount

mount is a command used in Linux/Unix-like systems to attach a file system to a specific point in the directory tree, not to partition a disk.

Cfsck

fsck (file system consistency check) is a utility on Unix-like operating systems that checks and repairs a Unix file system, not for partitioning.

DdiskpartCorrect

diskpart is a command-line utility in Windows that allows administrators to manage disks, partitions, and volumes. It is specifically used for tasks like creating, deleting, formatting, and assigning drive letters to partitions, which is necessary before adding a drive to a software RAID array.

Concept tested: Windows disk management-partitioning

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/diskpart

Topics

#disk partitioning#software RAID#diskpart

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