CompTIA Tech+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Test! Get Certified!, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 16Filesystems: Objective 3.1: Identify components of an OS

Filesystems provide the operating system (and its users!) with a method to organize all of the data that is stored on disk to make it easy to find files and open them with the appropriate application. As you prepare for the Tech+ exam, you’ll need to be familiar with the features of common filesystems.

In this chapter, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the first set of subtopics for Tech+ objective 3.1:

• Filesystem characteristics
• File management
• Interfaces

The remainder of objective 3.1 is covered in Chapter 17, “Services and Processes,” and Chapter 18, “Drivers, Utilities, and Interfaces.”

FILES AND FILESYSTEMS

Earlier in this book, you learned how ...