You are about to perform a clean install of Windows 7 on a b

You are about to perform a clean install of Windows 7 on a brandnew PC. Are there tasks you must perform before installing the operating system?

A. You must manually format the disk first.

B. You must manually partition the disk first.

C. Windows 7 will let you perform partitioning and formatting from Setup.

D. The hard disk is already partitioned and formatted at the factory.

Solution

C. Windows 7 will let you perform partitioning and formatting from Setup.

hard disk management can be done through Disk Management Administrative Tool.

a.If you are using Windows , type Disk Management at the start screen,
click on Settings, and then click on the Create and format hard disk partitions option.
Then skip to step c. Otherwise, click on the Start button and select the Control Panel option.

b. If in Classic control panel mode, double-click on the Administrative Tools
icon and then double-click on Computer Management icon.
If your control panel is in the Category view, click on Performance
and Maintenance, then click on Administrative Tools, and finally double-click
on the Computer Management icon.

c. When the Computer Management screen opens, click on the Disk Management
option under the Storage category. This will present you with a screen similar to the one below.

Formatting a disk for use by an operating system and its
applications typically involves three different processes.
firstly, Low-level formatting is done then partitioning and then high level formatting

Low level formatting marks thesurfaces of the disks with markers indicating the start of a
recording block (typically today called sector markers) and
other information like block CRC to be used later, in normal
operations, by the disk controller to read or write data.
This is intended to be the permanent foundation of the disk,
and is often completed at the factory.

Partitioning divides a disk into one or more regions, writing
data structures to the disk to indicate the beginning and end
of the regions. This level of formatting often includes checking
for defective tracks or defective sectors.

High level formatting creates the file system format within a disk
partition or a logical volume. This formatting includes the data
structures used by the OS to identify the logical drive or partition\'s
contents. This may occur during operating system installation,
or when adding a new disk. Disk and distributed file system may
specify an optional boot block, and/or various volume and directory
information for the operating system.