What do you think?
Rate this book
ExFAT and FAT File Systems Internals: Exploring FAT, ExFAT, TFAT and TexFAT File systems
The main focus of this book is to introduce the internals of the ExFAT File system to the reader and also to compare with the internals of the TexFAT File system in depth. But, as a prerequisite to cover the essential file system details, this Book starts with introduction of the internals of FAT series file systems such as FAT 12, FAT16 and FAT32. These FAT series file systems are compared with each other in terms of features and limitations and then this book covers the internal details of the ExFAT File system and its differentiating features with respect to the FAT32 File system. The Transactional features of TFAT and TexFAT File systems are also discussed in detail. This book also discusses how to optimize the FAT and ExFAT File systems for SSDs (Solid State Drives).
The data structures used to represent files/directories and the algorithms used to manage file system operations of FAT series file systems, ExFAT, TFAT and TexFAT File systems are explained in detail. The snapshots of on-disk structures of files, directories and data of the files/directories are also given along with explanations so that readers will get the feel of exact internals of how the files/directories are represented and how the on-disk updates are performed by the file system operations.
Even though the FAT file system has been available since HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) era and the specification of FAT File system is available, But, in this book, the reader may find the FAT file system explanation with respect to SSDs. The example scenarios of the FAT File system data corruptions are also demonstrated. The on-disk layout snapshots of FAT, ExFAT , TFAT and TexFAT file systems help the reader to understand the file systems internals easily.
This book is written with the assumption that the reader need not have any file system knowledge as a prerequisite. Intended audience for this book are computer and information science beginners / students, computer and Information technology (IT) professionals working on file systems of HDD / SSDs / Flash memories and the professionals who are interested in doing forensic analysis on-disk file system patterns on storage devices.
The data structures used to represent files/directories and the algorithms used to manage file system operations of FAT series file systems, ExFAT, TFAT and TexFAT File systems are explained in detail. The snapshots of on-disk structures of files, directories and data of the files/directories are also given along with explanations so that readers will get the feel of exact internals of how the files/directories are represented and how the on-disk updates are performed by the file system operations.
Even though the FAT file system has been available since HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) era and the specification of FAT File system is available, But, in this book, the reader may find the FAT file system explanation with respect to SSDs. The example scenarios of the FAT File system data corruptions are also demonstrated. The on-disk layout snapshots of FAT, ExFAT , TFAT and TexFAT file systems help the reader to understand the file systems internals easily.
This book is written with the assumption that the reader need not have any file system knowledge as a prerequisite. Intended audience for this book are computer and information science beginners / students, computer and Information technology (IT) professionals working on file systems of HDD / SSDs / Flash memories and the professionals who are interested in doing forensic analysis on-disk file system patterns on storage devices.
227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2016
3 people are currently reading
1 person want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
September 20, 2017
An atrocious attempt at scholasticism. Teacher's pet trying to show the world "the knowledge".
This is a long list of copy and pasting from various online sources. Simply going online and asking any search engine about a given theme and one would get far more information. But not only the information is scarce beyond the dry description, also the author seems to have missed the point at some point in time. Linux filesystems? And that is a doctor! People should avoid the schools that produced such a genius.
This is a long list of copy and pasting from various online sources. Simply going online and asking any search engine about a given theme and one would get far more information. But not only the information is scarce beyond the dry description, also the author seems to have missed the point at some point in time. Linux filesystems? And that is a doctor! People should avoid the schools that produced such a genius.
Displaying 1 of 1 review