Lab 6-9 Disk Utilities Built in to your OS

 

The following disk utilities are built into your operating system:

  1. Chkdsk
  2. Scandisk
  3. Device manager
  4. MSConfig.exe (not really a disk utility but helpful in troubleshooting)
  5. NTBackup

 

Learn what each of these utilities does and describe them below.

 

Utility name

What it does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perform the following tasks:

 

  1. Use Chkdsk on your lab computer’s hard drive. What is the outcome? (Describe what it found below.)
  2. Use Scandisk on your lab computer’s hard drive. What is the outcome? (Describe below.)
  3. Go into device manager and identify the following (do this on XP)
    1. IRQ used

 

 

    1. I/O Ranges used (yes, all of them)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Within XP do the following:
    1. Open MSCONFIG.EXE by typing that command in the run box.
    2. Describe each of the tabs you find and what’s under them.

 

Tab

What you can do here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    1. What items startup when your computer boots?

 

 

    1. Describe how to turn off one or more startup item.

 

 

    1. Using MSCONFIG set it up to reboot in a diagnostic startup.
    2. Describe what happens.

 

 

 

    1. Reboot normally.

 

  1. Open up NT Backup (it’s in the accessories, or you can type NTBackup at the command prompt)
    1. Backup files and settings
    2. Backup your documents and settings
    3. Put the backup on your desktop
    4. Name it “Myname’s Backup” (replace Myname with your actual name…the one your mommy gave you).
  2. Restore files from NT Backup
    1. Go into your “My documents” folder and delete a file that isn’t important, or move it to another location.
    2. Run NTBackup again
    3. Restore files
    4. Go in and manually extract ONLY the file you deleted from within your backup.
  3. Notes on NTBackup: There is a lot more you can do with this, but we’ll use that more in networking. One irritating thing to note is that you cannot backup to a CD burner in the XP (this changed with Vista). You can backup to a hard drive, tape drive, or floppy drive (haha) and sometimes a USB drive.