Windows File System Troubleshooting [electronic resource] /
Bettany, Andrew.author.
Halsey, Mike.author.
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.
ReFSLimitations of ReFS; File System Tools and Utilities; ChkDsk; Defragment; CCleaner; Summary; Chapter 3: Permissions, Ownership, and Auditing; Using the File System; Configure File and Folder Permissions; Review of ACLs, DACLs, and Permissions; Dynamic Access Control; Understanding NTFS Inheritance; Built-in Groups; Built-in Service Accounts; Moving or Copying Files and Folders; Effective Access; Taking Ownership; Auditing; Tools; Summary; Chapter 4: Managing File Sharing; Sharing Corporate Resources; How Windows Manages Shared Folders; Enabling File Sharing; Sharing Files and Folders
Sharing Folders Using File ExplorerSharing Folders Using Computer Management; Sharing Folders from the Command Line; Combining Share Permissions and NTFS Permissions; Access-Based Enumeration (ABE); Administrative and Hidden Shares; Security Identifiers (SIDs); NTFS Revisited: Special Identities; Physical Security; Tools; Summary; Chapter 5: Managing and Troubleshooting Encryption; Encrypting File System (EFS); Managing EFS Keys in the Microsoft Management  Console (MMC); EFS and CIPHER.EXE; The Limitations of EFS; BitLocker and BitLocker To Go; BitLocker and TPM Chips
BitLocker and Windows RTThe Limitations of BitLocker; Recovering Encrypted Data; Summary; Chapter 6: Troubleshooting the Windows File System; The System File Checker; Reading the Blue Screen of Death; Discovering Driver Files; Safe Mode and Diagnostic Startup; Diagnostic Mode; Forcing Safe Mode; Summary; Chapter 7: Troubleshooting the Windows Boot Files; The Windows Boot Partitions; Accessing the Windows Recovery Environment; Rebuilding the Windows Boot Files; Manually Repairing the Boot Menu; Dual Booting Windows with GNU/Linux; Backing Up the Windows Boot Files; Summary
Chapter 8: Restoring Files and Folder Security SettingsWhat Can Go Wrong?; Symptoms and Remedies; Resetting Permissions; Taking Back Ownership; System Restore; Summary; Chapter 9: Repairing the Windows File System Using a Portable OS; Accessing the Contents of the Windows install.wim File; Creating a Windows Installation on a USB Flash Drive; Repairing Windows Files Using a GNU/Linux Disk; So How Do You Know What to Repair?; Summary; Index
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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.
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
Microsoft software.
Microsoft .NET Framework.
Operating systems (Computers).
Microsoft and .NET.
Operating Systems.