GCFA · Question #48
Which of the following file systems supports the hot fixing feature?
The correct answer is D. NTFS. NTFS supports hot fixing, which automatically remaps data from failing sectors to healthy ones without user intervention.
Question
Which of the following file systems supports the hot fixing feature?
Options
- AFAT16
- BexFAT
- CFAT32
- DNTFS
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Why each option
NTFS supports hot fixing, which automatically remaps data from failing sectors to healthy ones without user intervention.
FAT16 has no hot fixing or bad sector remapping capability - it relies on external tools like CHKDSK to mark bad clusters, and data loss may occur.
exFAT is designed for flash storage and removable media and does not include hot fixing or automatic bad sector remapping features.
FAT32 does not support hot fixing - like FAT16, it has no built-in mechanism to detect and remap failing sectors at runtime.
NTFS includes a hot fixing feature that detects bad sectors at runtime and transparently relocates the data stored on them to a good sector, then marks the bad sector so it will not be used again. This is part of NTFS fault-tolerance capabilities and works in conjunction with the NTFS log file and cluster remapping. FAT-based file systems lack this capability and simply report I/O errors when a bad sector is encountered.
Concept tested: NTFS hot fixing and bad sector remapping
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/ntfs-overview
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