Windows File System Troubleshooting [Paperback]

The Windows file system is large and complex, featuring not only a huge number of essential files and folders for the Windows OS, your software and hardware, but also several different underlying file systems that manage and maintain file integrity on your disks. In this book you’ll learn how to navigate around the Windows file structure (up to Windows 8.1), with what does what and how essential everything is. Additionally we’ll show you how to effectively manage file, folder and security permissions to ensure users get what the access they need, and no more. We’ll also show you how to repair the underlying disk file system should something go horribly wrong.

Chapter Goal: A deep dive into the structure of Microsoft Windows and how it manages and arranges OS, update and software files and hardware drivers

1. The Windows File Structure
2. Critical Windows System Files and Folders
3. Managing software and apps
4. Windows hardware driver files and management
5. Managing updates in Windows

Chapter Goal: The main Windows disk file systems and structures detailed

1. Introducing the Windows disk file systems
2. NTFS
3. FAT (FAT32 / exFAT)
4. ReFS

Chapter Goal: A common issue with Windows is managing correct file permissions and ownership, this chapter is a complete guide in managing these effectively

1. Managing file, folder and disk permissions
2. Managing file and folder ownership
3. Successfully alÌ