File Systems - Worksheet 1


DIRECTIONS:

Answer the following questions:

1.  What are the differences between "primary" and "extended" FAT partitions?

 

 

2.  Two common FAT types are used on hard drives today.  What are they?  What are their size limitations?

 

 

 

3.  What is meant by a cluster (allocation unit)?

 

4.  Describe how long file names have a short 8.3 filename alias.  Give examples of a few long file names renamed to a short 8.3 file name.

 

 

 

5.  What is meant by "lost clusters"?

 

6.  What is meant by "cross-linked files"?