DFC2063: OPERATING SYSTEM

PRACTICAL TASK 2 (ACTIVITIES)

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

COURSE WORK ASSESSMENT

CODE & COURSE : DFC2063 OPERATING SYSTEM

PROGRAMME : DIP
LABSHEET : 2 (4.2.1 4.2.4)
CLO : CLO 2 perform installation of Operating System with
appropriate setting and management (P3, PLO2)
DURATION : 2 HOURS

LAB 2: PARTITION & FORMAT AND UTILITIES PROGRAM

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the Lab, student should be able to:

1. Manage data security by creating partition on hard disc and format the partition.
2. Use the utilities program that compatible with Windows 7 (Anti-virus, Windows Firewall,
Windows Defender, User Account Control (UAC).

THEORY

Disk partitioning is the creation of separate divisions of a hard disk drive using partition editors.
Once a disk is divided into several partitions, directories and files of different categories may be
stored in different partitions.

Disk formatting is the process of preparing a hard disk or other storage medium for use with the file
system (FAT, NTFS, UFS, etc.) of an operating system. Formatting a drive (or partition) destroys the
computer's records of the data it contains, effectively deleting it. It's vital to make back-ups of
important data beforehand.

There are several types of partitions on a hard drive:

Primary partition This is usually the first partition. A primary partition cannot be subdivided
into smaller sections. There can be up to four partitions per hard drive.
Active partition This partition is used by the operating system to boot the computer. Only one
primary partition can be marked active.
Extended partition This partition normally uses the remaining free space on a hard drive or
takes the place of a primary partition. There can be only one extended partition per hard drive
and it can be subdivided into smaller sections called logical drives.
Activity 2A

Activity outcome: This activity will guide students on how to create partition for a hard disk.

Procedures:

1. Log on to Window as Administrator. Click Start. Right-click

ComputerManage.

2. The Computer Management window appears.

3. Click Disk Management on the left side of the screen. Right-click the
green-outlined block of Free Space.
4. Click New Simple Volume.

5. The New Simple Volume Wizard window appears.

6. Click Next.

7. The Specify Volume Size screen appears.

8. Type 500 in the Simple volume size in MB: field. Click Next.

9. The Assign Drive Letter or Path screen appears.

10. Click the Assign the following drive letter: radio button. Select J from
the drop-down menu.

11. Click Next.

12. The Format Partition screen appears.

13. Click the Format this volume with the following settings: radio
button. Select FAT32 from the File system drop-down menu.

14. Click Next.

15. The Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard screen appears.

16. Click Finish.

17. The Computer Management window re-appears while the new
volume is formatted.
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The
Computer Management window shows the new Healthy (Logical Drive) volume.

19. Open Computer. Click the NEW VOLUME (J:) drive

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20. The Details area on the bottom of the Computer window displays
information about the J: drive. What is the File System? What is the value of Free Space shown?

21. Right-click the NEW VOLUME (J:) drive.

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22. Click Properties. The NEW VOLUME (J:) Properties window
appears.

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 23. Right-click anywhere in the white space of the window.Click New Text Document.

24. Type Test and press Enter.

25. Right-click the Test document in the window and choose Properties. The Test Properties
window appears.

26. Click Start. In the Search programs and files field, type cmd.

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27. When the cmd program appears, right-click cmdRun as administrator. Click Yes if
prompted by User Account Control.

28. The Administrator: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe window appears. The convert

command changes the file system of a volume without losing data

29. Type convert J: /fs:NTFSpress the Enter key. You will be prompted to enter the current
volume label for drive J:. Type NEW VOLUME and press the Enter key.

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 30. After the drive is converted, type exit in the Administrator: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
window, and then press Enter.

31. The C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe window closes.

32. Open Computer. Right-click NEW VOLUME (J:) Properties.

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33. The NEW VOLUME (J:) Properties window appears.

34. Click Cancel. Double-click the NEW VOLUME (J:) drive

35. Right-click the Test document Properties. Click OK

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Activity 2B

Activity outcome: Use Windows Firewall, Windows Defender and User Account Control (UAC)

a). Select Control Panel in Start Menu

b) Select Windows Firewall in the Control Panel windows.

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c) Select Windows Defender in the Control Panel windows.

Click - Check for Update now

d) Select User Account Control (UAC) in the Control Panel windows.

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 Click Change User Account Control:

Will display : Then click - Yes.

Activity 2D

Activity outcome: Configure Advanced Firewall

a) Select Windows Firewall in the Control Panel windows.

b) Click Advanced Settings in Windows Firewall

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This facility allows you to define inbound and outbound rules for traffic and monitor firewall
activity.

Usually the setting are being managed by vendor application Antivirus (eg: McAfee, others)

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 DFC2063: OPERATING SYSTEM
PRACTICAL TASK 2
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ACCORDINGLY. SHOW THE
COMMANDS AND SCREENSHOT INVOLVED FOR EACH QUESTION. [25 Marks]

[CLO2]

1. Name FIVE (5) external partition editor software. [5 Marks]

(EASEUS) Partition Master Professional Editor

(GParted) Partition Editor
(Partition Logic) Partition Editor
(Paragon Hard Disk) Partition Editor
(Acronis Disk Director) Partition Editor

2. What is the difference between an FAT file system and NTFS file
system? [6 Marks]

Feature FAT NTFS

Max.Partition size 2 TB >100 TB
Max.File name 8.3 Characters 255 Characters
Max.File size 4 GB 16 TB
File/Folder Encryption No Yes
Fault Tolerance No Auto repair
Security Only Network Local and Network

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 Compression No Yes
Conversion Possible Not allowed
Compatibility Win95/98/2K3/XP Win NT/2K/XP/Vista/7

3. Demonstrate how to shrink the E: volume in your Windows. (Show [5 Marks]

screen shots of your activities)

1. Open the Disk Management console by typing diskmgmt.msc at an

elevated command prompt.

2. In Disk Management, right-click the volume that you want to shrink, and
then click Shrink Volume.

3. In the field provided in the Shrink dialog box, enter the amount of space
by which to shrink the disk.

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 4. Click Shrink.

4. Demonstrate how to enable File and Printer sharing (NB-Datagram-In) [5 Marks]

for inbound rules in Advanced Security (Windows Firewall).

1. Open Control Panel, click System and Security, and then

click Windows Firewall.
2. In the left pane, click Advanced settings, and in the console tree,
click Inbound Rules.
3. Under Inbound Rules, locate the rules File and Printer Sharing (NB-
Datagram-In)
4. For the rule, right-click the rule, and then click Enable Rule.

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5. What is the difference between a Windows Firewall and Antivirus?
Windows firewall
Stops unauthorized access of
your computers internet
connection
Malicious software or viruses
cannot be removed once entered
the computer
Only prevents unknown sources
from not entering in the
computer via internet
[4 Marks]
Windows antivirus
Protects from malicious
software and viruses
Malicious software or virus will
be quarantined, deleted or
skipped once entered.
Only acts after the particular
malicious software enters the
computer
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