62. A technician needs to install Windows 11 on a 4TB SSD. The company requirements state that the drive needs to be partitioned with at least five primary partitions. Which of the following should the technician use? (Select two).
Answer: C,D
GPT and MBR are suitable for partitioning a 4TB SSD with multiple primary partitions.
In order to partition a 4TB SSD with at least five primary partitions, the technician should use both GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) as they are the only options that can address the specified requirements.
A) FAT16
FAT16 is an outdated file system that is limited to maximum partition sizes of 2GB and does not support the creation of multiple primary partitions on a drive larger than 2TB. Thus, it is not suitable for partitioning a 4TB SSD with five primary partitions.
B) XFS
XFS is a high-performance file system used primarily in Linux environments. While it can handle large volumes and files, it is not a partitioning scheme and thus does not meet the requirement of creating multiple primary partitions on a drive.
C) GPT
GPT is a modern partitioning scheme that supports drives larger than 2TB and allows for a significantly greater number of partitions, including many primary partitions. It is capable of meeting the company’s requirement for at least five primary partitions on a 4TB SSD.
D) MBR
MBR is an older partitioning scheme that can support up to four primary partitions, or three primary partitions and one extended partition. It has a maximum disk size limitation of 2TB, making it unsuitable for partitioning a 4TB SSD while meeting the requirement of having five primary partitions.
E) NTFS
NTFS is a file system rather than a partitioning scheme. While it can be used on partitions created by GPT or MBR, it does not provide any capabilities for partitioning the drive itself, rendering it irrelevant for this specific question about partitioning.
F) APFS
APFS (Apple File System) is designed for use with macOS and does not support the Windows operating system. Additionally, like NTFS, it is a file system and not a partitioning method, making it unsuitable for the task at hand.
Conclusion
GPT and MBR are the only appropriate options for partitioning a 4TB SSD into at least five primary partitions. While GPT supports the requirement fully, MBR is limited in capacity but can still be mentioned. All other options fail either because they are outdated, not partitioning schemes, or incompatible with the operating system in question.