You are partitioning the drives on a customer’s computer. The customer has two physical hard drives in his computer. What is the most common partitioning scheme under this circumstance?
A. Create one partition on each physical drive, the first for the OS and application software and the second for data.
B. Create one partition on the first drive for the OS, and two partitions on the second drive, one for programs and the other for data.
C. Create two partitions on the first drive, one for the OS and one for programs, and then create one partition on the second drive for data.
D. Create a single partition that spans both drives.
Solution
A. While not absolutely necessary, if you have two physical hard drives available on a computer, it’s typical to partition the first drive for the OS and the second drive for data.
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1. You are partitioning the drives on a customer’s computer. The customer has two physical
hard drives in his computer. What is the most common partitioning scheme under this
circumstance?
A. Create one partition on each physical drive, the first for the OS and application software and
the second for data.
B. Create one partition on the first drive for the OS, and two partitions on the second drive, one
for programs and the other for data.
C. Create two partitions on the first drive, one for the OS and one for programs, and then create
one partition on the second drive for data.
D. Create a single partition that spans both drives.
Solution
A. While not absolutely necessary, if you have two physical hard drives available on a computer,
it’s typical to partition the first drive for the OS and the second drive for data.
