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File System and File Types.

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By Shashank Singh.

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Index

Definition-File system of file system. and differences. and Clusters.

Types

Comparison Sectors File

Types.

.Temp , Cache, Swap files.

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What is a File System?

In

an operating system, the overall structure in which files are named, stored, and organized is termed as file system. are the basic arrangement of file on a hard drive. FAT, and FAT32 are example of file systems.

These NTFS,

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Types of file system.

FAT-

A file system used by MS-DOS and other Windows-based operating systems to organize and manage files. The file allocation table (FAT) is a data structure that Windows creates when you format a volume by using the FAT or FAT32 file systems. Windows stores information about each file in the FAT so that it can retrieve the file later. 16 AND FAT32 are higher versions

FAT

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NTFS file system An advanced file system that provides performance, security, reliability, and advanced features that are not found in any version of FAT. For example, NTFS guarantees volume consistency by using standard transaction logging and recovery techniques. If a system fails, NTFS uses its log file and checkpoint information to restore the consistency of the file system. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, NTFS also provides advanced features such

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Comparison and differences.

FAT
Volume Range
Maximum file size

FAT 32

NTFS
to

Floppy disk to 4GB 2 GB

Volumes from 10 MB 512MB to 2TB+ 2TB.

4 GB

Equal to the volume size.

Cluster size

More than 212 228 4177918 Less than 6552765526 4177918

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Sectors and Clusters.

Sector A

is the smallest unit of memory in on the hard disk. group of sectors is called a cluster which in turn is the basic unit of all reading and writing activity. is due to this architecture there arises a difference in copying and imaging

It

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CLUSTER 1

CLUSTER 2

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File Types

Temporary files-They are the

short lived files created by a particular program to draw data from main memory to the virtual memory.

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Swap files- They are the files entered in directory with extension of .swp These are created when a particular application is required to come in front while older programs are shifted in background or

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Cache

file- These files are more related to Temporary Internet Files or Cookies. They are just a copy or image of the website which we visit so that the browser need not download it again thereby