Lack of access to your data in a new operating system may be one of the most severe impediments for doing an OS migration. There is little personal incentive for users to switch to a system that can't ...

As a comparison, I ran my test script against a set of standard filesystems in the Linux kernel that most users will be familiar with. As well as being of general interest, it also gives a good range ...

Filesystems, like file cabinets or drawers, control how your operating system stores data. They also hold metadata like filetypes, what is attached to data, and who has access to that data. For ...

Anyone who uses both Linux and Windows knows the problem. You need a couple of files that are on the Windows partition, but you forgot to copy them to a floppy or to the server before rebooting to ...

New filesystem technology for Linux includes high capacity, snapshots, copy-on-write, and on-the-fly corruption detection. Almost exactly one year ago, as the developers were discussing changes to the ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: An introduction to Linux filesystems, and a Mac user considers switching to elementary OS Linux has been around for a long time now, and many of us take it for ...

So, i have a ide HD with these filesystems (WinXp and Linux dual booted):<BR><BR>NFTS<BR>FAT32<BR>XFS<BR><BR>How would one go about copying all the data and filesystems (exact copy) onto another new ...

If we dig a bit deeper into this subject and find why this phenomenon occurs in the first place, we’ll have our questions answered. Every Operating System has its file metadata, which differs from one ...

In today's open source roundup: Download the release candidate for Linux Mint 17.2. Plus: How to defrag your Linux computer. And a guide to understanding systemd Development on Linux Mint 17.2 is ...