July 5, 2011, 9:02 AM PDT
Takeaway: Do you know how to manage disks from the Windows command line? Test your knowledge of the Windows Diskpart utility with this TR Dojo pop quiz.
Using the Disk Management console’s graphical interface, you can initialize disks, create volumes and format those volumes. But IT pros and power users who prefer the command line, can perform these same tasks, and more, with the Diskpart utility. As a command-line tool, Diskpart commands can also be incorporated into scripts–letting you automate disk management tasks.
To test your knowledge of the Diskpart utility, I’ve put together this short quiz. I’m using Windows 7 as the basis for this quiz.
Note: Unfortunately, our poll tool, which I use to create each pop quiz, doesn’t let me indicate a correct answer after each question. To keep from giving away the answers before everyone has a chance to test his/her knowledge, and ruining all the fun, I’ve published the answers on the second page of this blog post. I encourage everyone to answer all the questions before looking at the second page or using your favorite search engine to find the answers.
Diskpart replaced which of the following MS-DOS-based disk management utilities?
Which of the following Diskpart commands can be used without selecting or setting the focus on a specific disk?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to set the focus on or select a specific disk?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to obtain summary information about each disk in the computer?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to obtain detailed information about the current in-focus disk?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to create a primary partition on the current in-focus drive?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to create a simple volume on the specified disk?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to mark the current in-focus partition as a valid system partition?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to assign a drive letter or mount point to the current, in-focus volume?
Which of the following Diskpart commands would you use to remove a letter or mount point from the current in-focus partition?
Answers are on the next page.
