Disk Management
The process of dividing a physical disk into multiple logical sections.
What is partitioning?
This keyboard shortcut opens Task Manager directly.
What is ctl+shift+esc?
This setting hides file extensions by default.
What is "Hide extensions for known file types")
Control Panel can be viewed by Category, Large Icons, or this.
What is Small Icons?
This tool lets you define password policies and user rights.
What is Local Security Policy?
This file system, often used in modern Windows systems, supports large files and volumes.
What is NTFS?
This tab helps you disable apps from launching when Windows starts.
What is the startup tab?
This view shows recent files and frequently accessed folders.
What is quick access?
This tool lets you change what happens when you close the lid of a laptop.
What is power options?
You can configure rules for incoming/outgoing connections here.
What is Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security?
This command-line tool in Windows provides advanced disk configuration capabilities.
What is diskpart?
This tab lets you start or stop background services.
What is the services tab?
This bar at the top of File Explorer shows your current folder path.
What is the address bar?
You’d troubleshoot keyboard and mouse issues under this subcategory.
What is device manager?
This CLI tool is the successor to Command Prompt, designed for automation.
What is PowerShell?
This term refers to the act of combining multiple physical disks into a single logical unit for redundancy or speed.
What is RAID?
This tab provides graphs for CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network usage.
What is the performance tab?
This pane on the left side helps you quickly jump to drives and folders.
What is the navigation pane?
You use this to assign a static IP or change DNS settings.
What is Change adapter settings > Properties?
This tool allows you to run commands with system-level privileges. (What is Command Prompt as Administrator?)
What is Command Prompt as Administrator?
This modern partitioning scheme replaces MBR and supports large drives with more partitions.
What is GPT (GUID Partition Table)?
This tab lists user sessions and their resource usage.
What is the users tab?
This view shows file name, size, date modified, and type in a list.
What is details view?
This lets you change the desktop background or theme.
What is personalization?
This command opens the Group Policy Editor.
What is gpedit.msc?