2. TotalTech Corporation is a leading Finance company in the U.S. with the head office in Sunnyvale. Currently, the company uses many customized line-of-business applications to accomplish its dayto- day business operations. The management of TotalTech wants to use the latest finance applications for simplifying and improving the working of its employees. Now, to configure these line-of-business applications on to the server, considerable space is required in a dedicated partition. The server, on which the applications need to be installed, has only one drive, C:. It has plenty of unused space, but is running slow due to excessive creation and deletion of files and folders on its C: drive. However, the server's storage capacity upgradation plan is not on the cards of the company due to financial limitations. To cater to the preceding requirements, the management has asked Jim, the Server Administrator, to provide a solution. What should Jim do in such a situation? Experiment To achieve the assigned task, Jim needs to perform the following tasks: Resize an existing volume and create a simple volume (By using diskpart.exe in the C: drive). Use the Check Disk utility in the C: drive. Use the Disk Cleanup utility in the C: drive. Defragment the C: drive.

1. Resize an existing volume and create a simple volume (By using diskpart.exe in the C: drive).
2. Use the Check Disk utility in the C: drive.
3. Use the Disk Cleanup utility in the C: drive.
4. Defragment the C: drive.

Task 1. Resize an existing volume and create a simple volume (By using diskpart.exe in the C: drive).

To create an exisiting volume and creating a simple a volume in the C: drive by using diskpart.exe.
1. Ensure thet the Start screen is displayed.
2. Press the Windows+C keys. The charms bar is displayed.
3. Click Search. the Search charm is displayed.
4. Type Command prompt, and then press the Enter key. The Administrator:
   Command Prompt window is displayed.
5. Type diskpart, and then press the Enter key. Afer a few moments, the DISKPART>prompt is displayed.
6. Type list disk, and then press the Enter key.
7. Type select disk 0, and then press the Enter key. the disk 0 is now the selected disk message is displayed.
8. Type list partition, and then press the Enter key. You will notice that twopartitions are listed.
9. Type select partition 2, and then press the Enter key. the Partition 2 is now the selected partition text is displayed.
10. type shrink desired= 30000, and then press the Enter key. The DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by: 29 GB text is displayed.
11. Type list partition primary size=30000, and then press the Enter key. the DiskPart successfully in creating the specified partition text is displayed.
12. Type list partition, and then press the Enter key. You will notice that three Partitions are listed.
13. Type formet fs=ntfs label = Simplel quick, and then the Enter key. After a few moments. The DiskPart successfully formatted volume massage is displayed.
14. Type Assign, and then press the Enter key. The simplel (F:) window is displayed.
15. Switch to the Simplel (F:) window. you will notice that the simplel (F:) drive is successfully created.
16. Close the Simplel (F:) window.
17. Type exit in the Administrator: Command Prompt window, and press the Enter key.

Task 2. Using the Check Disk Utility in the C: Drive
To use the Check Disk utility in the C: drive, you need to perform the following dteps:
1. Ensure that the command prompt window is open and active.
2. Type compmgmt.msc, and then press the Enter key. the computer Management window is displayed.
3. select Disk Management under the Storage node in the left pane. the Initilize Disk dialog box is displayed.
4. Click the Cancel button. The Computer Management window is displayed.
5. Right-click (C:) under the Volume column in the middle pane, and then select Properties. The Local Disk(C:) Properties
   dialog box is displayed.
6. Click the Tools tab.
7. Click the Check button under the Error checking section. The Error Checking (Local Disk(C:)) dialog box is displayed.
8. Click the scan drive option. After a few moments, the Error Checking (Local Disk (C:))message box is displayed alongg
   with the you drive was successfully scanned message.
9. Click the close button. the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box is displayed.

Task 3. Using the Disk Cleanup Utility in the C: Drive

To use the Disk Cleanup utility in the C: Drive: You need to perform the following steps:
1. Click the General tab of the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Disk Ceanup button After a few moments the Disk Cleanup for (C:) dialog box is displayed.
3. select the Temporary files check boxes under the File to delete section, and then click the ok button.
   the Disk Cleanup dialog box is displayed.
4. Click the Delete File button to permanently delete the selected files. After a few moments, the Local Disk
   (C:) Properties dialog box is displayed.

Task 4. Defragmenting the C: Drive

To defragment the C: drive, you need to perform the following steps:
1. Click the Tools tab of the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Optimize button Drives button under the Optimize and defragment drive section. The Optimize Drives window is displayed.
3. Ensure that the (C:)drive is selected under the Drive column.
4. Click the Optimize button. After a few moments, the OK (100% space efficiency) text is displayed under the Current status column for C: drive.
5. Click the Cloce button. the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box is displayed.
6. Click the OK button. the Computer Management window is displayed.
7. Close the Computer Managemant window.
8. Close the Command Prompt window.