When you store data on an HDD, USB-connected storage, or any other data storage device, it needs to have an organizational scheme so that individual files can be located in the future. A filesystem organizes and structures a storage medium and tracks the files stored on it. Along with location, a filesystem also catalogs identifying data for each file, including filename, size, status, creation and modification dates, access permissions, ownership, file type, and more.
Filesystems
Formatting
The placement of a filesystem on a data storage device, which may have several partitions or just one big one, happens through the process of formatting. Each partition may have a different filesystem. Formatting a drive generally does...
