WEBVTT

00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.000
you probably know someone that's always misplacing stuff I do personally whether

00:00:04.680 --> 00:00:11.120
they can't find their keys in the morning they leave their clothes everywhere like my sweaters they don't

00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:13.599
even know where that stack of $100 bills is that they want to the casino okay

00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:20.000
honestly I've never done that but anyways could you imagine if your computer was that forgetful and never

00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:26.400
remembered where you put stuff like save games important papers or tax documents

00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:28.880
or your operating system fortunately all

00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:32.719
computers use some kind of file system so it can keep track of of where all

00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:36.960
your stuff is just like how you might use a closet space or cabinets at home

00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:42.000
to keep your collection of random clothes and kitchen items from being a

00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:44.920
complete mess so how do they do that well there are many different types of

00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:50.760
systems out there but what they all have in common is that they divide up your

00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:53.760
hard drive SSD or flash drive into small

00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:56.120
units that store data and have some kind

00:00:53.760 --> 00:01:00.359
of way of remembering what data is in each unit so it can go and find it later

00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:04.439
on to better understand how this works and to figure out what system to use for

00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:09.320
your own stuff let's have a look at some common file system starting off with

00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:13.400
file allocation table or fat and although its name is incredibly

00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:18.759
unflattering fat was used by the vast majority of Home Windows-based PCS until

00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:23.600
XP came out fat worked by splitting the disc into a bunch of clusters giving

00:01:20.759 --> 00:01:29.960
each cluster a unique ID number then using a table to track what part of what

00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:33.000
was stored in each cluster all right right pretty straightforward and simple

00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:38.360
no big deal there but as hard drives became larger and larger fat ran into

00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:42.759
some problems namely it resulted in a lot of wasted space because it often

00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:47.600
couldn't fill clusters completely a problem called slack and could only

00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:51.759
support drives that were kind of smaller due to the way that fat stored

00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:56.799
information about file locations fat 32 which came to prominence with Windows 98

00:01:54.520 --> 00:02:02.079
was an improvement but still couldn't deal with partitions larger than 2 tabt

00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:07.159
which isn't that big these days to overcome these limitations every version

00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:08.879
of Windows since XP and NT 3.1 on the

00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:15.720
business side of things has used the only slightly less awkwardly named new

00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:17.560
technology file system or NTFS NTFS uses

00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:22.920
Some Space Management tricks to make it use space much more efficiently than fat

00:02:20.200 --> 00:02:28.440
resulting in better Real World capacity in many cases and can support massive

00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:33.480
partitions of hundreds of terabytes as well as huge individual 's file sizes

00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:37.920
important in the age of 4K videos that can span multiple hours making them

00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:42.319
massive it also has features to help prevent data loss in the event of a

00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:46.760
crash native file compression and security features including native file

00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:52.280
encryption support to keep out unauthorized users these features have

00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:56.959
made NTFS an almost Universal choice for Windows-based PCs these days but just

00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:02.400
like it's hard to get rid of those last 10 lbs of fat at the gym fat the file

00:03:00.040 --> 00:03:06.959
system hasn't completely gone away fat 32 is still commonly used on USB flash

00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:11.400
drives to maintain compatibility with older versions of Windows as well as

00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:15.920
operating systems such as Linux and speaking of flash drives there's a new

00:03:13.239 --> 00:03:21.120
version of fat called X fat which is surprisingly not the name of a line of

00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:25.640
diet supplements X fat was designed specifically with high-capacity flash

00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:30.760
drives and memory cards in mind and support much larger capacities and file

00:03:28.200 --> 00:03:35.599
sizes than older versions of fat while not including features of NTFS that

00:03:33.480 --> 00:03:40.360
flash drives don't really need in order to keep things running quickly X fat

00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:45.319
isn't always compatible with some quite a bit older versions of Windows though

00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:49.000
so keep that in mind when choosing what you're going to use for your flash drive

00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:54.079
if you for some reason are still using like unpatched versions of XP the good

00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:58.439
thing though is that it's pretty easy to switch file systems on your flash drive

00:03:56.120 --> 00:04:01.079
by just doing a quick reformat after you've saved your file somewhere else of

00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:05.319
of course I don't want to be responsible for that but no matter what you choose

00:04:03.239 --> 00:04:09.599
you can bet that your drives will keep track of your data better than your

00:04:07.079 --> 00:04:14.040
roommate who is always asking you where the TV remote is are you ready for a lus

00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:18.479
style segue I got this one I got this one Speaking of keeping track of things

00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.440
keep track of your education with linda.com with linda.com membership you

00:04:20.919 --> 00:04:27.919
can watch and learn from Top experts who are passionate about teaching you can

00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:32.120
stream thousands of video courses on demand and learn on your own schedule at

00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:36.520
your own pace you can browse each course's transcript to follow along or

00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:39.800
to search for a specific keyword that you may have missed and Skip to that

00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:44.600
point in the video which is actually super helpful you can take notes as you go along and refer to them later you can

00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:49.800
download tutorials to watch them On The Go you can access it on iOS Android PC

00:04:47.880 --> 00:04:53.840
basically whatever the crap you want you can create playlists of courses that you

00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:58.240
want to watch to customize your learning path or even share with friends and

00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:01.360
colleagues and even team members your linda.com membership will give you

00:04:59.440 --> 00:05:05.720
access access to all of that stuff at a flat rate just starting at $25 per month

00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:09.759
so whether you're looking to become an industry expert whether you're looking

00:05:07.320 --> 00:05:13.840
to become even more passionate about a hobby or you just want to learn

00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:18.880
something new feel free to check out linda.com tewi and sign up for your free

00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:21.560
10-day trial now thanks for watching guys if you liked it like it if you

00:05:20.039 --> 00:05:26.759
disliked it dislike it let me know if there's other stuff in the comments down below you would like me to uh make a

00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.800
video on and don't forget to check out Channel Super Fun I'm not going to

00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:33.759
reference a specific video because Dennis blame Dennis blame Dennis in the

00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:39.639
comments down below tag Dennis in the comments down below uh just just say his

00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:43.479
name randomly I would even prefer if it made no sense at all because that's what

00:05:41.840 --> 00:05:47.880
Channel Super Fun's about anyways thank you don't forget to subscribe bye