Partitions can be configured in a variety of formats – and a partition formatted for one operating system (Mac OSX, for example) may not be natively compatible with a computer running a different operating system, or vice versa.
Partitions can be configured in a variety of formats – and a partition formatted for one operating system (Mac OSX, for example) may not be natively compatible with a computer running a different operating system, or vice versa.
File Systems, beginning with the File Allocation Table (FAT), have evolved and have been joined by Microsoft’s NTFS (New Technology File System), ext2, and other methods to manage the map of your hard drive data.
An explanation of hard disk drive file systems: how they work and why they are needed. The article also looks at low level formatting on hard disks.
Ways to remove the data from your hard disk drives so it doesn’t get into the wrong hands, because formatting is not enough.