Chapter 5: Managing File Systems

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Chapter 5Managing File Systems
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Overview

• File Systems Supported by Windows NT
• Working with File Names
• Managing NTFS Compression

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File Systems Supported by Windows NT

• FAT File System
• NTFS
• NTFS Implementation Considerations
• File System Comparison
• Converting a FAT Partition to NTFS

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FAT File System
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NTFS
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NTFS Implementation Considerations
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File System Comparison
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Converting a FAT Partition to NTFS
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Working with File Names

• Autogenerated 8.3 File Names
• Long File Names on FAT Partitions

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Autogenerated 8.3 File Names
Short (8.3) Entry
LFN Entry
MYTERM1.DOC MYTERM2.DOC MYTERM3.DOC MYTERM4.DO
C MY0F581.DOC MY69681.DOC
My Term Paper A.doc My Term Paper D.doc My Term
Paper F.doc My Term Paper B.doc My Term Paper
C.doc My Term Paper E.doc
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Long File Names on FAT Partitions
Alias DirectoryEntry
THISIS1.TXT
Secondary Directory Entry 1
This is a Lon
Secondary Directory Entry 2
g Name.TXT
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Managing NTFS Compression

• Compressing and Uncompressing Files and Folders
• Copying and Moving Compressed Files

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Compressing and Decompressing Files and Folders
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Copying and Moving Compressed Files
Copy
Readme.txt
C\Star
C\Temp
Readme.txt
Move
Readme.txt
C\Tool
C\Temp