A server administrator added a new drive to a server. However, the drive is not showing up as available. Which of the following does the administrator need to do to make the drive available?

The correct answer is A. Partition the drive. A brand-new drive has no partition table or file system, so the OS cannot present it as a usable volume. The administrator must initialize the disk, create at least one partition, and format it with a file system before it will appear as available storage. Creating a disk quota…

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Options

APartition the drive.
BCreate a new disk quota.
CConfigure the drive as dynamic.
DSet the compression.

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A
87% (48)
B
7% (4)
C
2% (1)
D
4% (2)

Explanation

A brand-new drive has no partition table or file system, so the OS cannot present it as a usable volume. The administrator must initialize the disk, create at least one partition, and format it with a file system before it will appear as available storage. Creating a disk quota (B) requires the drive to already be available. Configuring the drive as dynamic (C) is an optional disk type conversion done after partitioning. Setting compression (D) is a file system attribute applied after the volume is created, not a prerequisite for availability.

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#Disk management#Drive partitioning#Storage configuration#Server storage

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