Re: Filesystems (was My First Computer)

[John Thompson <john@starfleet.thompson.us>]

Glen wrote:

> I worked at a windows only PC shop for a very short time recently.  For
> example some Windows PC hardware techs will not know what you mean if
> you refer to the "filesystem".  They know "FAT", "FAT32", and "NTFS" but
> they may not know a filesystem is a general concept that most OS have.
> One guy was talking about Unix (which he probably has only read about
> not used) and refered to the unix filesystem as "Unix NTFS"!!
>
> God help him get a clue!  Unix predates NT by about two decades.  They
> did not copy NTFS, NTFS copied unix.  [NTFS uses the same basic method
> to access files as the standard unix machine does]

My experience is that most self-proclaimed Windows "experts" are ignorant 
of the idea of partitions, so why should it be a surprise that filesystems 
are a difficult concept?

If you ask your typical Windows expert if a HD device containing only a C: 
drive is partitioned, chances are they'll say "no." 

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-John (John.Thompson@attglobal.net)