While it may not be obvious to the casual user, Linux file systems have evolved significantly over the last decade or so to make them more resistant to corruption and performance problems. Most Linux ...

In this post, we will show you how to find out the file system of a drive on a Windows 11/10 PC. There are various file system types with distinct characteristics and features. While some file systems ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

File systems, at the broadest of perspectives, have continually evolved functionally and dimensionally over the past several years. Once confined to disk drives and computer software applications that ...

Replacing folders with tags completely changed how I store and retrieve files ...

This excerpt from Chapter 5 of File System Forensic Analysis is posted with permission from Addison-Wesley Professional. The last chapter provided an overview of volume analysis and why it’s important ...

File systems and UUIDs have a special relationship on Linux systems. What are these very long identifiers and how can you view the connections between them and disk partitions? The /etc/fstab file is ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

or access files on the Flash drive for quite a while. However, that doesn’t mean there won’t come a time when you need to manipulate the files on the Flash drive. Working with the files and ...