Diagnostic Software

A. Gather information about a hard drive diagnostic program. Be prepared to discuss thediagnostic software you researched.

1. Based on you research, list at least two different drive manufacturers.

• Maxtor Corporation
• Samsung

2. Based on your researched, choose a hard drive manufacturer. Does this manufacturer offerhard drive diagnostic software to go with their products? If so, list the name and thefeatures of the diagnostic software.

• Manufacturer - Samsung
• Software Name - Hutil (for FDD)
• File Name - Samsung Drive Diagnostic Utility
• Version - 2.10
• Published - 01/15/2008 by Tim Tibbets
• Description - Hutil (The Drive Diagnostic Utility) is made with the aim of testing Samsung drive while it is installed inside a PC, regardless of the status of user's operating system. Hutil can test a drive solely manufactured by samsung supported models). It is strongly reccomended to back up the user's significant data in advance because Hutil has a Write operation that can erase it.

B. Gather information about network operating system certifications and jobs that require thesecertifications.

1. Network Operating System(s) Certification Titles Courses/Training requiredcovered for Certification.

• Red Hat Linux • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) • RH 033, RH 131 & RH 253
• Microsoft • Microsoft Certified System Engineer • System Emgineers, System(MCSE) Certification Analysts & Network Analysts
• Sun Microsystem • Sun Certified Associate Java Platform • Java Programmer

2. Find atleast two network jobs available in your area. Describe the network jobs and therequired certifications needed for the position.

• Network engineers - It include managing backoffice computer systems and networks that run on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and other Microsoft operating systems. Required certification: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

• LAN Network Engineer - Network specialist to work alongside a team of Network Engineers to Design, Implement, Configured and Support their Clients. Required Certification: Wireless Lan Field Engineer Certification.

3. Which job would you prefer? List reasons for your selections.• For us it should be Network Engineers, because it include managing backoffice computer system that runs easily in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and other Microsoft operating systems which we are more familliar to use.