Chapter 19. File Systems and Data Recovery

• FAT Disk Structures
  • Master Partition Boot Sector
  • Volume Boot Sectors
  • Root Directory
  • File Allocation Tables
  • Clusters (Allocation Units)
  • The Data Area
  • Diagnostic Read-and-Write Cylinder
• VFAT and Long File Names
• FAT32
  • FAT32 Cluster Sizes
  • FAT Mirroring
  • Creating FAT32 Partitions
  • Converting FAT16 to FAT32
• FAT File System Errors
  • Lost Clusters
  • Cross-Linked Files
  • Invalid Files or Directories
  • FAT Errors
• FAT File System Utilities
  • The CHKDSK Command
  • CHKDSK Operation
  • The RECOVER Command
  • SCANDISK
  • Disk Defragmentation
  • Third-Party Programs
• NTFS
  • NTFS Architecture
  • NTFS Compatibility
  • Creating NTFS Drives
  • NTFS Tools

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