This is the original file structure database that Microsoft originally designed for floppy disks. It is written to the outermost track of a disk and contains information about each file stored on…

The correct answer is C. File Allocation Table (FAT). FAT (File Allocation Table) was Microsoft's original filesystem designed for floppy disks in 1977. It is written to the outermost track of a disk and acts as a map/index of every file stored, tracking which clusters belong to each file. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains…

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This is the original file structure database that Microsoft originally designed for floppy disks. It is written to the outermost track of a disk and contains information about each file stored on the drive.

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AMaster Boot Record (MBR)
BMaster File Table (MFT)
CFile Allocation Table (FAT)
DDisk Operating System (DOS)

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FAT (File Allocation Table) was Microsoft's original filesystem designed for floppy disks in 1977. It is written to the outermost track of a disk and acts as a map/index of every file stored, tracking which clusters belong to each file. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains bootloader code and partition table info, not per-file records. MFT (Master File Table) is the NTFS equivalent - a later, more advanced structure. DOS is an operating system, not a file structure.

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