6.6. File System Errors
6.6.1. System Inconsistency
- scandisk
- fsck (file system check)
6.6.2. Journaled File Systems
- Journaled File Systems provide aditional robustness and can be checked for
errors faster, especially after a system crash.
- Transaction records or Journals are maintained for any file access
activity. The journal is used to facilitate a file system check.
Files that are not in use at all, do not need to be checked.
6.6.3. Fragmentation
- Fragmentation (not contiguous on the disk) naturally occurs as files are
added, deleted and extended on a system.
- A fragmented disk can degrade the speed of file reads.
- Why is fragmentation somewhat less of a concern with Indexed File Systems,
such NTFS or inode based file systems, than it is for Linked File Systems,
such as FAT or FAT32?