A Technician Installed a New 2GB Hard Drive on a Server

question 70

Multiple Choice

A technician installed a new 2GB hard drive on a server, but it only shows 1.86GB of unformatted space. Which of the following is a reason for the difference?

• A) Manufacturers use base 10 instead of base 2 in advertising disk space.
• B) A swap file is added to the drive automatically, reducing available disk space.
• C) The disk controller maps out a section of hard drive space for diagnostics.
• D) Disk drivers consume space of the hard drive.

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