FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Many computers today are set up with one partition for the main hard drive and another partition for a recovery partition.
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Partitioning allows the use of different filesystems to be installed for different kinds of files. Separating user data from system data can prevent the system partition from becoming full and rendering the system unusable. Partitioning can also make backing up easier.

Detailed explanation-2: -The recovery partition refers to a component of your computer hard drive that can be used to restore the system to factory settings in the event of a system failure or other problems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why do I have multiple recovery partitions? According to a survey, the issue often occurs after a couple of Windows upgrades or in-place repairs. If the previous recovery partition doesn’t have enough space for the upgrade, then Windows will create an extra recovery partition with several hundred MBs disk space.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two primary partitions support the root partition and the swap partition. The extended partition supports the home partition. A hard disk can have a maximum of four primary partitions.

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