Andrew Bettany, Mike Halsey

Windows File System Troubleshooting

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Windows file system is large and complex, featuring not only a huge number of essential files and folders for the Windows OS, your software and hardware, but also several different underlying file systems that manage and maintain file integrity on your disks. In this book you ll learn how to navigate around the Windows file structure (up to Windows 8.1), with what does what and how essential everything is. Additionally we ll show you how to effectively manage file, folder and security permissions to ensure users get what the access they need, and no more. We ll also show you how to repair the underlying disk file system should something go horribly wrong.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4842-1017-8
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781484210178
• ISBN-10: 1484210174
• Artikelnr.: 42004668

Autorenporträt

Andrew Bettany is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), recognized for his Windows expertise, and a member of the Microsoft Springboard Technical Expert Panel.As leader of the IT Academy at the University of York, UK and Microsoft Certified Trainer, Andrew delivers learning and consultancy to businesses on a number of technical areas including Windows deployment and troubleshooting. He has created and manages the "IT Masterclasses" series of short intensive technical courses, www.itmasterclasses.com, run through his own training company Deliver IT Training Ltd.Passionate about learning and helping others he frequently donates his time to work with Microsoft. He is a frequent speaker and proctor at TechEd conferences worldwide. In 2011 he delivered a "train the trainer" class in earthquake-hit Haiti to help the community rebuild their technology skills and returned again in November 2013 to deliver a second bootcamp.Very active on social media, Andrew can be found on LinkedIn Facebook and Twitter. He lives in a village just outside of the beautiful city of York in Yorkshire (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introducing the Windows File System
Chapter Goal: A deep dive into the structure of Microsoft Windows and how
it manages and arranges OS, update and software files and hardware drivers
1. The Windows File Structure
2. Critical Windows System Files and Folders
3. Managing software and apps
4. Windows hardware driver files and management
5. Managing updates in Windows
Chapter 2: Understanding NTFS, FAT and ReFS File Systems
Chapter Goal: The main Windows disk file systems and structures detailed
1. Introducing the Windows disk file systems
2. NTFS
3. FAT (FAT32 / exFAT)
4. ReFS
Chapter 3: Permissions, Ownership and Auditing
Chapter Goal: A common issue with Windows is managing correct file
permissions and ownership, this chapter is a complete guide in managing
these effectively
1. Managing file, folder and disk permissions
2. Managing file and folder ownership
3. Successfully auditing Windows files, folders and assets
Chapter 4: Managing File Security
Chapter Goal: Security is essential with PCs in the workplace and at home.
This chapter will teach the reader how to effectively secure their Windows
OS, software and files
1. Managing Windows, file, folder and disk security
2. Managing security for documents and both disk and network assets
3. Maintaining security best-practice in Windows
Chapter 5: Managing and Troubleshooting Encryption and Compression
Chapter Goal: This chapter will teach the reader how to effectively manage
and deploy security and compression on their files, folders and disks
1. Using and managing Windows file compression
2. Using and managing EFS in Windows
3. Using and Managing Bitlocker and Bitlocker To Go
Chapter 6: Troubleshooting the Windows File System
Chapter Goal: The disk file system in Windows is also prone to errors, this
chapter will get readers started in diagnosing and troubleshooting errors.
1. How disk file system errors occur
2. Common disk file system errors
3. Diagnosing and repairing common disk file system errors
Chapter 7: Booting the unbootable - Repairing the Windows Boot System
Chapter Goal: If a PC won't start it's likely that the boot system will
need to be repaired. This chapter is a complete guide on how to
automatically and manually fix this in Windows
1. Automatically repairing the Windows boot system
2. Effecting manual repair to the Windows boot system
3. Rebuilding a corrupt Windows boot system
Chapter 8: Restoring Files and Folder Security Settings
Chapter Goal: Sometimes it all goes horribly wrong and users can be locked
out of just about everything. This chapter will teach readers how to
manually reset the file and folder permissions on all files and documents
in a safe and secure way.
1. When might you need to universally reset permissions?
2. Using ICACLS to reset file permissions and ownership
Chapter 9: Repairing the Windows File System using a Portable OS
Chapter Goal: If Windows is unbootable or the file system corrupt, a
portable OS on USB Flash Drive or DVD can still be used to rescue the OS
and your files
1. Linux, an operating system on a disk
2. Creating a bootable USB Windows installation
3. Repairing and rescuing documents using a portable OS
4. Manually repairing the Windows file system using a portable OS
5. Manually repairing the Windows boot system using a portable OS