FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

WHAT IS A HARD DRIVE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the primary Windows file system type that uses journaling to record files and allows file share permissions to be set?
A
NTFS
B
DOS
C
FAT32
D
exFAT
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -New Technology File System (NTFS) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft. Starting with Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of the Windows NT family. It superseded File Allocation Table (FAT) as the preferred filesystem on Windows and is supported in Linux and BSD as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -The NTFS change journal creates a log of any added, deleted, or modified files. The biggest advantage of the NTFS system is that all journaling is done before any changes are made to the disk.

Detailed explanation-3: -NT file system (NTFS), which is also sometimes called the New Technology File System, is a process that the Windows NT operating system uses for storing, organizing, and finding files on a hard disk efficiently. NTFS was first introduced in 1993, as apart of the Windows NT 3.1 release.

Detailed explanation-4: -Increased reliability NTFS continuously monitors and corrects transient corruption issues in the background without taking the volume offline (this feature is known as self-healing NTFS, introduced in Windows Server 2008).

Detailed explanation-5: -The USN Journal (Update Sequence Number Journal) is the journaling functionality of NTFS. USN Journal maintains change logs made to the files on the NTFS and ReFS volumes. USN journal contains file or folder creation, deletion, and modification details.

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