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The
following settings and tasks relate to using hard disks, typically
accessed through My Computer or Windows Explorer. See "Folders".)

Figure 5-4. Open the Properties sheet of a hard disk to view statistics and to access certain hard disk tools

Hard Disk, cache settings for offline access

Explorer right-click
drive icon Sharing
Caching

Hard Disk, change Chkdsk options at Windows startup

See "Chkntfs" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, change drive letters

Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc); see "Microsoft Management Console" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, change label

See "Label" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, check for errors

Explorer right-click
drive icon Properties
Tools tab
Check Now

Hard Disk, clean up

Explorer right-click
drive icon Properties
General tab
Disk Cleanup

Hard Disk, compress drive

Explorer right-click
drive icon Properties
Compress drive to save
disk space

Hard Disk, compression options

See "NTFS Compression Utility" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, convert FAT and FAT32 drives to NTFS filesystem

See "FAT to NTFS Conversion Utility" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, convert to dynamic disk

Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)
View
Top
Disk List
right-click on drive in
top pane Convert to
Dynamic Disk

Hard Disk, defragment

Explorer right-click
drive icon Properties
Tools tab
Defragment Now

Hard Disk, enable / disable write caching

Device Manager
right-click drive
Properties Policies tab
Enable write caching on
the disk

Hard Disk, encryption options

See "NTFS Compression Utility" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, format (prepare for use)

See "Format" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, Indexing Service

See "Indexing".

Hard Disk, list volumes

Device Manager
right-click drive
Properties Volumes tab
Populate

Hard Disk, partition

See "DiskPart" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, quota management

Explorer right-click
folder icon Properties
Quota tab

Hard Disk, quota security policies

Group Policy (gpedit.msc)
Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
System
Disk Quotas

Hard Disk, scan and fix errors

See "Chkdsk" in Chapter 4.

Hard Disk, share on network

Explorer right-click
drive icon Sharing
Share this folder

Hard Disk, turn off to save power

Control Panel Power
Options Power Schemes tab
Turn off monitor

Hard Disk, view partition information

Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc); see "Microsoft Management Console" in Chapter 4.