Special Edition Using Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, Third Edition

Chapter 29. Managing the Hard Disk

In this chapter

• Hard Disk Management

• Windows XP File and Storage Systems

• Organizational Strategies

• Windows XP's Disk Management Tools

• Disk Management

• Removable Storage

• Disk Defragmenter

• Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors

• Convert

• Encryption

• Compression: How It Works, How to Use It

• Indexing

• Disk Cleanup Utility

• Backup Tools and Strategies

• Zipping Files

• Third-Party Management Tools

• Hard Disk Troubleshooting

• Tips from the Windows Pros: Quieting a Noisy System

Hard Disk Management

For many users and system administrators, intelligent hard disk management really forms the core of efficient system management. Until a new technology evolves to replace the hard disk, we're stuck with the problems and limitations created by what is, in a ...