I'm trying to understand what is exactly a file system. I found various answers on the web including the ones provided here: Is a file system just the layout of folders?.
While these answers provide valuable informations, it's still unclear to me whether a file system is:
a - A collection of data structures (inodes, master file table, file allocation table, ...) that index files and directories .
b - A collection of data structures that index files and directories and the file tree.
c - A file tree (mounting a file system, mounting a network file system, the /proc file system).
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Folders are pretty much virtual in windows, add almost nothing to the data payload. Learn more here>>>>>superuser.com/questions/365599/…– MoabSep 14, 2020 at 21:44
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Thanks for the reply but it's still unclear for me. I would like to know if what's called the file system is: a - the data structures alone (MFT, Inodes, ...) that index the directories and folders. b - the data structures (MFT, inodes) and the file tree. c - the file tree.– yusufSep 14, 2020 at 21:55
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