Chapter 6 Flashcards
CD
ompact Disc
DVD
-Digital Optical Disc
prepares a file system to be stored.
FORMAT
File Allocation Table
FAT32
It records the position of files on the disk using FAT and 32-bit addressing
FAT32
New Technology File System
NTFS
it uses a journaling system to record changes to the file system and a Master File Table to record information about each file.
NTFS
splitting a physical drive into logical drives
PARTITION
Usually the first partition
Primary Partition
There can only be up to four primary partitions per hard drive.
Primary Partition
This can’t be subdivided into smaller sections.
Primary Partition
Uses remaining free space on a hard drive or takes the place of primary partition.
Extended partition
There can be only one per hard drive and can be subdivided into smaller sections called logical drives.
Extended partition
This is the partition used by the operating system to boot the computer.
Active partition
Only one primary partition can be marked active
Active partition