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Roberts Class

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User Profile   a collection of user data and settings  
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User Profile Namespace   group of sub-folders  
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Registry   a windows database  
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Initialization Files   Windows keeps some data in text files here  
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Offline Files   a folder where offline files are stored  
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Disk Cleanup   deletes temporary files  
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Defragment   to organize fragments or file parts  
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Cluster   also known as a file allocation unit  
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File Allocation Unit   group of whole sectors  
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Slack   unused space at the end of clusters  
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Virtual Memory   a page file used as memory  
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Pagefile.sys   a hidden file stored in the root directory  
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System Image   backup of the windows 7 image  
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System Protection   automatically backs up system files and stores them on the hard drive  
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Restore Points   snapshots of the system  
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System Restore   restores the system to a previous restore point  
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Sector   data records  
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Low-level Formatting   sector marking used to organize the drive  
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Partitions   a drive is divided into one or more partitions  
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Partition Table   a map of the partitions  
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Master Boot Record (MBR)   where the partition table is stored  
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Primary Partition   a drive can be divided into as many as 3 primary partitions  
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Extended Partition   the 4th partition  
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Logical Drives   is housed by the extended partition  
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File System   overall structure of an OS  
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Formatting   root directory on a file system  
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High-Level format   similar to regular formatting  
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Active Partition   one of the primary partitions  
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System Partitions   normally called the C;, drive  
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Boot Partition   where the windows OS is stored  
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CDFS (Compact Disc File System)   is an older file system used by optical discs  
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UDF (Universal Disc Format)   CDFS was replaced by UDF  
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Elevated Command Prompt   running CMD. as an admin  
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(FAT) File Allocation Table   keeps records of all the clusters  
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(MFT) Master File Table   The NTFS file system uses a database to hold similar info  
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Fragmented Files   the defrag command scans for fragmented files  
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Quick Format   does not scan the volume for bad sectors  
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Basic Disk   a single hard drive that works independantly  
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(GUID) Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table   also called the master boot record  
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Mounted Drive   can be accessed by way of a folder  
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Mount Point   the C;\ Projects folder is called the mount point  
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Dynamic Disk   can work with additional hard drives  
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Dynamic Volume   Where the dynamic disk data is stored  
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Simple Volume   is stored on only one hard drive  
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RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks)   the technology that configures two or more hard drives  
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Striping or RAID   joining hard drives together to improve performance  
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Hardware RAID   a more reliable way of configuring raid is to use BIOS settings on a mother board  
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Mirroring or RAID 1   mirroring 1 hard drives in windows XP  
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