Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system

An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and b...

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Main Authors THIND RAVINDER S, ZBIKOWSKI MARK J, PUDIPEDDI RAVISANKAR V, HAVEWALA SAROSH C, GHOTGE VISHAL V
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.01.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. The directory entry types can define whether a cluster chain corresponding to a file can be contiguously allocated.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070752872