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Your Windows XP hard drive has 2 partitions. The system partition is NTFS and the other is FAT. You wish to encrypt a folder created on the system partition for the purpose of data security. Which of

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File System & Registry Forensics

Question

Your Windows XP hard drive has 2 partitions. The system partition is NTFS and the other is FAT. You wish to encrypt a folder created on the system partition for the purpose of data security. Which of the following statements is true about this situation?

Options

  • AYou can only encrypt files on the NTFS partition.
  • BYou can only encrypt files on the FAT partition.
  • CSince the operating system is on the NTFS partition, you can encrypt files on both.
  • DYou cannot encrypt files on either partition.

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#EFS#NTFS encryption#FAT limitations#file system encryption
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