Windows Vista® Inside Out Deluxe Edition

Chapter 31. Managing Disks and Drives

Running Disk Management

Managing Disks from the Command Prompt

Understanding Disk Management Terminology

Formatting Disks

Creating New Volumes

Assigning or Changing a Volume Label

Assigning and Changing Drive Letters

Mapping a Volume to an NTFS Folder

Changing Volume Sizes

Deleting a Volume

Checking the Properties and Status of Disks and Volumes

Setting Quotas for Disk Space Use

When you get right down to it, storage defines what you can and can’t do with Windows Vista. A big hard disk (or two or three) makes it possible for you to download and store an enormous amount of digital music, photos, and video; record and preserve ...