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  2. Memory paging - Wikipedia

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    The required disk space may be easily allocated on systems with more recent specifications (i.e. a system with 3 GB of memory having a 6 GB fixed-size page file on a 750 GB disk drive, or a system with 6 GB of memory and a 16 GB fixed-size page file and 2 TB of disk space).

  3. Disk partitioning - Wikipedia

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    With DOS, Microsoft Windows, and OS/2, a common practice is to use one primary partition for the active file system that will contain the operating system, the page/swap file, all utilities, applications, and user data. On most Windows consumer computers, the drive letter C: is routinely assigned to this primary partition. Other partitions may ...

  4. Defragmentation - Wikipedia

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    If file B were to be deleted, there would be two options: mark the space for file B as empty to be used again later, or move all the files after B so that the empty space is at the end. Since moving the files could be time-consuming if there were many files which needed to be moved, usually the empty space is simply left there, marked in a ...

  5. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The backup application in Windows Vista does not support the use of tape drives to back up data. In the RTM release of Windows Vista, files encrypted using the Encrypting File System (EFS) were not archived by the operating system's backup application; [106] this feature was reinstated in Service Pack 1. [107]

  6. zram - Wikipedia

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    Using compressed swap space with zram or zswap also offers advantages for low-end hardware devices such as embedded devices and netbooks. Such devices usually use flash-based storage, which has limited lifespan due to write amplification, and may also use it to provide swap space. Using zram or zswap reduces the swap usage, which effectively ...

  7. GUID Partition Table - Wikipedia

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    Details of GPT support on 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows [31] OS version Release date Platform Read and write support Boot support Note Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for Itanium systems, Version 2002 2001-10-25 IA-64: Yes Yes MBR takes precedence in hybrid configuration. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, Version 2003 2003-03-28 IA-64: Yes Yes

  8. File Allocation Table - Wikipedia

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    exFAT is a file system introduced with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 in November 2006 and brought to the Windows NT family with Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (or separate installation of Windows XP Update KB955704). It is loosely based on the File Allocation Table architecture, but incompatible, proprietary and protected by patents.

  9. List of default file systems - Wikipedia

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    PC DOS 3.0 / MS-DOS 3.0: FAT16: 1984: Classic Mac OS: Macintosh File System (MFS) 1985: Atari TOS: Modified FAT12: 1985: Classic Mac OS: ... Windows Vista: NTFS 3.1 2006