A desktop technician installs a new unformatted secondary hard drive into a Windows workstation. The technician launches the `diskpart` utility in an elevated Command Prompt to configure the drive. In what sequence should the technician execute the following `diskpart` subcommands to successfully select the drive, partition it, format it with NTFS, and assign it the letter D?
- 1select disk 1
- 2create partition primary
- 3format fs=ntfs quick
- 4assign letter=D
Answer
The correct operational sequence in diskpart is to first select the physical disk (select disk 1), then create a primary partition (create partition primary), format the partition using NTFS (format fs=ntfs quick), and finally assign the drive letter (assign letter=D).
To properly prepare a new storage drive using diskpart, an administrator must first set focus by selecting the target disk, create a primary partition, format that partition with a valid file system such as NTFS, and then assign a drive letter to mount the volume for operating system access.
Step-by-Step Solution
Key Concept
Diskpart Subcommand Execution Order for Disk Initialization and Volume Creation