Disks and File Systems

This chapter is intended primarily for system administrators, network administrators, computer technicians, and anyone else interested in using utilities to partition and format hard disks, and using utilities, such as DriveSpace 3, Disk Defragmenter, and ScanDisk, to manage disks and data. It also describes the file allocation table (FAT) used by Microsoft Windows 98 and discusses how to manage long file names.

In This Chapter

Overview of Disks and File Systems

Understanding FAT32

Overview of Disk Utilities

Issues with Disks and File Systems

Disk Management

Technical Notes on Disk Device Support

File System Management

Technical Notes on Long File Names

Troubleshooting Disks and File Systems

See Also

• For more information about editing system policies, see Chapter 8, "System Policies."
• For more information about hard drives and other hardware devices, see Chapter 30, "Hardware Management."