| FAT File System | Disk Structures | NTFS | Numbering Systems | Fun Facts Digital Forensics |
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What is File Allocation Table
FAT stands for
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What is a partition
A logical storage area on a drive
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What is 2TB limits on the drive size
What is the 4GB limit on file size What is no compression or encryption What is no metadata
FAT Limitations leading to NTFS
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What is base 2 or binary numbering system
This numbering system uses digits: 0 and 1
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What is digital forensics
The use of science and technology to investigate and establish facts in criminal or civil court
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What is FAT 32
Which file system has a max file size of 4 GB
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What is a sector
The smallest unit of space on a disk
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What are $ files
NTFS uses these to keep track of all the data without a dedicated system area
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What is Base 8 or Octal Number System
This number system uses digits: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7
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What is Acquisition
The acquisition or duplication of all contents on digital media
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What is a cluster
Groups of sectors used to store data
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What is a volume
A fixed amount of storage on a hard drive
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What is $MFT
Index of every file on the volume including itself.
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What is Base 10 or Decimal Number system
This number system uses: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9
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What is a File System
A way of organising data on a disk that contains some abstract structure to map files to allocation units of a disk
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What is a Directory Entry
A file/directory that is allocated a file structure is a ___ ____
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What is file SSD
Persistently stores data in flash memory in semiconductor structures
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What is $MFTMirr
Copy of the first four bytes of the MFT
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What is hexadecimal
The numbering system that uses Base 16
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What is metadata
Data about itself, or information about information
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What is the reserved area, FAT Area and Data Area
What are the three structures of the FAT File system
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What is formatting
The process of dividing a disk into sectors that the disk controller can read and write, before a disk can store data is known as
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What is $Bitmap
One bit per cluster that lists the allocation status of every cluster on the drive
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What is 2
Value of 00010 in decimal
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What is Allocated space
Areas on a volume where files are stored
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