December 2009

Metadata of NTFS file system

In NTFS file system; the files are also assigned according to clusters. A cluster must be the integral multiple of…

NTFS file system Review

NTFS (New Technology File System) From the very beginning is set for enterprise file system. In order to reduce data…

Problems and notes of long filename

Although Windows95 and its superior system realize the compatibility of long filename and DOS, Windows3.x via above method, there are…

Searching files in FAT16 partition

Let’s see a boot sector (start sector is DBR) in FAT16 after advanced format. The OEM mark is MSWIN5.0. From…

Full advanced format in FAT16 partition

After full advanced format, FDT and FAT of root directory definitely reset. Now let’s refer to the difference between full…

Fast high level format in FAT16 partition

Actually quick advanced format is completely deleting all files and sub-directories, for there will not any more file or directory…

File deletion in FAT16

Many people believe that when files are deleted, the system will clear all the content of the deleted files, that…

FAT16 sub-directory management

In root directory of logical driver, we may directly create files as well as primary directory, that is called the…

File management in root directory of FAT16

As we all know, file directory of FAT16 is 32 bytes, now let’s take an example. We divide a partition…

FAT table recovery

CIH destroys data backwards from partitions. In this case, system data in the former part may be destroyed and lost.…