Appendix C. File Systems

  • All file systems are made of structures that are necessary to store and manage data. These structures are usually comprised of operating system boot sectors, folders, and files. File systems perform the following basic functions:
    • Track occupied and free disk space (an bad sectors)
    • Track occupied and free disk space (an bad sectors)
    • Track physical location of files on disks

    Different operating systems use different file systems. Some operating systems are able to work with only one file system while other can use several of them. Let us describe some of widely used file systems in detail.

    See also:
    FAT16
    FAT32
    NTFS
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