• The Disk Management utility is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that gives administrators a graphical tool for managing disks and volumes within Windows 7.
• The Disk Management Console is an MMC console snap-in that is usually found as part of the Computer Management utility.
• Disk Management provides a graphical interface that allows a member of the Administrators group to observe and make changes to the computer's disk configuration. It also allows changes to be made interactively and usually takes effect immediately without requiring the computer to be restarted.
• You can access the Disk Management utility a few different ways. You can right-click Computer from the Start menu and select Manage, and then in Computer Management, select Disk Management. You could also choose Start => Control Panel =>Administrative Tools => Computer Management.
• The Disk Management utility's opening window shows the following information:
• The volumes that are recognized by the computer
• The type of disk: basic, dynamic, or GPT
• The type of file system used by each partition
• The status of the partition and whether the partition contains the system or boot partition
• The capacity (amount of space) allocated to the partition
• The amount of free space remaining on the partition
• The amount of overhead associated with the partition

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