CECS $7237$ Lab $1-$ The FAT File System

Name$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

$1.$ Download and install disk editor freeware. Insert USB drive into your computer

and answer the following:

what is the file system?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

what is the volume name?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

what is the drive capacity?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

how many files are stored on the drive?$\_\_\_\_\_\_$

what is the serial number?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

$2.$ Provide details of the volume geometry.

first sector$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

total sectors$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

bytes per sector$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

cluster size$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

maximum file size$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

FAT$1$ offset$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

root directory offset$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

$3.$ Using OS capability or other tool change the volume name to cecs$7237.$

Format the drive as FAT$32.$ Can you format the drive to NTFS$?\_\_\_\_.$ Other filing

systems?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$ Test one or more and indicate which ones worked below.

$4.$With the drive formatted as FAT$32$ write the first $16$ bytes below starting at

offset $0$ in both hexadecimal and ASCII.

hexadecimal$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

ASCII$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

$5.$ Open notepad and create a test file test.txt$.$ Add some random text to the file

for example bcbgmaxamaria or your name or whatever you like. Save the file to

the usb drive. Using disk editor find the file and indicate the offset of the first byte

here$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

$6.$ Using disk editor find the information in the FAT table related to the file and

copy it below.

$7.$ Delete the file. What happens to the FAT table entry for the file. Can you

recover the file by editing the FAT table?$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$ How? Describe how to recover the file below.

Note: Please answer each of the above premises.