HardwareQuiz#2-Logical Drives

[makaveli]

This kinda falls between Hardware and Software but here goes......

[juba]

You can have a total of 26 drives in Windows, A & B is not usable as logical drives, C: is implied because the OS is on C:, D: - Z: = 23.

Let me take the questions a little further; what if you are using Windows 2000 and all your drive letters are used up and you need to add another volume, how would you accomplish this?

[SQLDBA]

mount a new volume to an exisitng empty folder.that will soleve ur prob in Win 2000

[ramesh]

I once removed drive letters from partitions as the first step in changing the drive letters around in Win2K. How does the OS distinguish between them then?

Oh, I chose 23 as well.

[juba]

I once removed drive letters from partitions as the first step in changing the drive letters around in Win2K. How does the OS distinguish between them then?

The OS knows that the partition is there but the data will not be accessible until you add a drive letter to the partition.

[Ropy]

Definately B -23. A & B are for FDD's and C is for the primary partition.

@ juba
I don't know the exact answer to your question but I was thinking that one could use raid to merge two or more HD's...

[juba]

I don't know the exact answer to your question but I was thinking that one could use raid to merge two or more HD's...

Let’s say for example your computer have the following drive letters in use:

A:\ - Floppy
B:\ - Floppy
C:\ - OS Partition
D:\ - CD ROM
E:\ - Z:\ - Mapped Network Drives

Adding another drive, RAID or not, you will still need a drive letter to assign to the new drive. There is something else that needs to be done after the new drive is added in order for you to access the drive.

[Ropy]

I think it's possible to mount a logical drive into an empty folder on a NTFS partition.

[Greatis]

alright mi jus a falla people now.. and chose 23 ;D

[makaveli]

Answer: B - 23

Explanation: 26 letters of the alphabet minus the letters A, B and whatever the system partition is in this case (usually C). The questioned asked how many could be made within a Windows OS. So, this is saying that a Windows system already exists.