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Włiat Are Disk Properties

You can use either Disk Management or DiskPart to view disk properties,

which contain information about the physical disk and the

volumes that it

contains.

Use the information in disk properties when you replace a hard disk or to verify

that a specific disk is installed on a server.

Disk properties provide the latest available information about the disk. You can

access this information by using DiskPart or by using Disk Management to

open the Properties dialog box for the disk. The following tabs in the

Properties dialog box display disk properties:

!General. Provides the model number and the location of the disk. Wolumes. Provides the disk number, type, status, partition style, capacity,

unallocated space, and reserved space of the disk.

In addition to the information in Disk Management, DiskPart provides the Disk

ID and the disk type, such as IDE, ATA, or SCSI.

For example, to order a replacement for a failed hard disk, the systems

administrator must know the model, type, and capacity of the original disk.

After installing the new disk, the administrator configures it with the disk

number, partitions, unallocated space, and volume type.

After you move hard disks between computers, you must rescan the disks.

When Disk Management rescans disk properties, it seans all attached disks for

changes to the disk configuration. It also updates information about removable