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14. Using File Systems Flashcards

1
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What does Paritioning mean?

A

Dividing into logically separate areas

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What is the primary hard drive’s active/system partition?

A

partition used to boot device

In Windows, the system partition is usually hidden from File Explorer & is not allocated a drive letter

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3
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Windows Drives

What drive letter is usually allocted to the boot partition?

The boot partition is the partition containing the OS files

A

C

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4
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2 file systems supported by Windows?

A
  • FAT
  • NTFS
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5
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Meaning of FAT?

A

File Allocation Table

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6
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Meaning of NTFS?

A

New Technology File System

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7
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File Systems

What bit version is usually used for FAT in Windows?

A

FAT32

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8
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Max file size supported in FAT32?

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4GB

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9
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Max partition size in FAT32?

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32GB

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10
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What is FAT32 mainly used for?

A

Formatting most removable drives/disks

It provides the best compatibility between different types of devices

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11
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Max partition size in NTFS?

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2TB

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12
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One great advantage NTFS has over FAT32?

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More stable & secure

It allows for file-level security permissions, compression, & encryption

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13
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What file system do most Linux distros use?

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ext4

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14
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What file system Apple computers use?

A

HFS+ or APFS

macOS High Sierra (2017) introduced APFS as the default file system

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15
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Which file systems supports Compression?

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  • NTFS
  • HFS+
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16
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Which file systems support Encryption?

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  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • ext4
17
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Which file systems support Permissions?

Permissions = The file system’s Access Control List (ACL) manages user permissions for files and folders, specifying read, write, and control access.

A
  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • ext4
18
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Which file systems support Journaling?

Journaling in file systems logs changes or intended changes, aiding data recovery or restoring the system after interruptions like sudden power cuts.

A

NTFS
HFS+
ext4

19
Q

Which file systems support Limitations?

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20
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Which file systems support Naming Rules?

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21
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What is the root folder?

A

The first level of the folder hierarchy

The root folder is created when the drive is formatted

22
Q

How is the root folder identified?

A

By drive label & backslash

i.e. the root folder of the C: drive is C:\

23
Q

3 system folders that are created when Windows is installed?

A
  • Windows (system root)
  • Program Files
  • Users
24
Q

Windows System Folders

Which Windows system folder contains essential components like drivers, logs, apps, etc.

A

Windows system folder

25
Q

Windows System Folders

Which Windows system folder contains installed software?

A

Program Files system folder

25
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Windows System Folders

Which Windows system folder stores user’s profile settings & data?

A

Users system folder

26
Q

What kind of file system is linux?

A

Unified file system

27
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What is a unified file system?

A

File system where everything is represented as a file

i.e. in Linux, even devices are represented in files (i.e. a hard drive attached to a SATA port would be represented like /dev/sda. There is no “drive letter” in linux.

28
Q

How to actually delete files in Windows?

A

Using Third-party “shredding” utilities

Emptying the recycling bin does not erase te data until that area of disk is overwritten by different data. Third-party utilieies can recover files that have been “deleted” in this way

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