Patent ID: 6925545

Claim:
A method for writing file system structures of two different file systems into a partition of memory cells of a memory device, the method comprising: (a) creating a partition of memory cells in a memory device; (b) reserving a first set of memory cells in the partition for a file system structure of a first file system; (c) reserving a second set of memory cells in the partition for a file system structure of a second file system different from the first file system; (d) storing the file system structure of the first file system in the reserved first set of memory cells; and (e) storing the file system structure of the second file system in the reserved second set of memory cells; wherein the first file system comprises a FAT file system, wherein the second file system comprises a file system other than a FAT file system, wherein file system structures of the FAT file system are stored in the reserved first set of memory cells but not in the reserved second set of memory cells, and wherein file system structures of the file system other than a FAT file system are stored in the reserved second set of memory cells but not in the reserved first set of memory cells.