Managing Data Storage in C#.NET

Encoding QR Code JIS X 0510 in C#.NET Managing Data Storage

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Use the following questions to help determine whether you have learned enough to move on to the next lesson. If you have difficulty answering these questions, review the material in this lesson before beginning the next lesson. You can find answers to these questions in the Questions and Answers section at the end of this chapter. 1. How do you configure your computer to use offline folders and files

2. Which tools does Windows XP Professional provide for you to configure your computer to provide offline files What must you do to allow others to access files on your computer

Before you can use offline files, you must use the Folders Options selection on the Tools menu of My Computer or Windows Explorer to configure your computer to use offline files. After enabling the Offline Files feature, you can use My Network Places to make any network-accessible folder for which offline caching is enabled available offline. To make shared folders on your own computer available for other users to use offline, you must use the Sharing tab of the folder s Properties dialog box to configure the offline caching for the folder. By default, shared folders are configured for offline use. Synchronization Manager allows you to configure synchronization to occur when you log on, when you log off, or both; and you can specify that you want to be asked before synchronization occurs.

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In this exercise, you will read a scenario about working with data storage, and then answer the questions that follow. If you have difficulty completing this work, review the material in this chapter before beginning the next chapter. You can find answers to these questions in the Questions and Answers section at the end of this chapter.

You are an administrator working for a company named Fabrikam, Inc., a manufacturer of neon dyes used in safety clothing for various industries. You are working with a user named Iris, who plans and oversees exhibits that the company puts on at trade shows across the country. The company has just given Iris a new notebook computer, which she will use when traveling.

1. Iris new notebook computer has a 16 GB hard disk that you want to configure as a single volume. It is the only hard disk on the computer. Should you create a basic or dynamic disk

2. When she is running the exhibit booth at tradeshows, Iris attention is often diverted, and she is worried that she cannot always keep an eye on her notebook computer. The computer contains trade secrets that she does not want to see compromised. Iris wants to secure the files on her computer, even if the computer is stolen. Can you configure encryption on her notebook computer If so, what precautions should you take

3. Iris notebook computer does not have the biggest hard drive. She often works on large sales documents and also stores many picture files of the products she sells. She wants to compress these files to save space. What should you tell Iris to do

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4. What utility should you teach Iris to use that might also help maximize the free space on her hard disk

5. You have configured Iris notebook computer to connect securely via the Internet to the company network so that Iris can access the company e-mail server and file servers. Iris also wants to be able to access certain shared files on the company network when she cannot connect to the network. What should you do

You are an administrator for a company named Humongous Insurance, a provider of group medical insurance policies throughout the Midwest. On Friday morning, you receive a call from Jonas, a user in the claims department who has a workstation running Windows XP Professional. Jonas says that on his computer, he always stores documents on drive E. However, when he tried to transfer a large document to his local computer and store it on drive E, he received an error message stating that the drive could not be located. He checked My Computer, and the drive is not listed. You use Computer Management to connect to Jonas computer, and then open the Disk Management tool. You see the following configuration:

Disk 0 is configured as a basic disk and it contains one partition. The drive letter for the partition is C, and the partition is labeled as the System partition. Disk Management reports the disk as online and the C partition as healthy. Disk 1 is configured as a dynamic disk, but Disk Management reports the disk as missing. Disk 2 is configured as a CD-ROM drive with the drive letter D.

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