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creating and deleting files in various file systems, FAT: when a file is deleted it isn't actually removed from the drive. The FAT is just updated to reflect that those clusters are no longer in use. if new info is saved it can now overwrite info in these clusters. ---------NTFS: similar to FAT but clusters are first marked as deleted, thus "moved" to the Recycle bin. filename is marked with a special character in MFT to indicate the file is deleted to the computer. fragmented file These files become "fragmented" meaning they consist of fragments of data. swamp file used to augment the RAM. File Allocation Table, Used to store cluster/file information in FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32. Information included in the File allocation Table include: The cluster number of the next cluster for this file is recorded, if the cluster is the end of a chain, then it has a special end of cluster chain (EOC) entry, Bad clusters have a special entry, Reserved clusters have a special entry, open or available clusters are also marked.