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Filesystem Recovery Course - File Metadata Test
What determines what metadata to store and how?
user
filesystem
operating system
BIOS settings
Is there a chance to recover A, B, and C metadata?
yes but only A and B
yes
yes but only C
no
Leaf blocks of a b-tree store actual metadata
false
true
Check filesystems using both b-trees and tables to store file metadata
NTFS
BTRFS
HFS
FAT
XFS
Is there a chance to recover A, B, C, and D metadata?
no
yes
Is there a chance to recover A and C metadata?
no
yes, if no data is written to a disk
yes
Check what data file metadata typically includes?
access rights
file content
file owner
parent directory
file name
date and time of file creation
cluster size
Tables usually store metadata of the same kind
false
true
Is there a chance to recover B and C metadata?
yes
yes, if no data is written to a disk
no
Which blocks of a b-tree are most important for data recovery?
pointer blocks
leaf blocks
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