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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ravisankar V Pudipeddi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Vishal V Ghotge, Seattle, WA (US);
Sarosh C. Havewala, Redmond, WA (US);
Ravinder S. Thind, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark J. Zbikowski, Bellevue, WA (US);
David A. Goebel, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. The directory entry types can define whether a cluster chain corresponding to a file can be contiguously allocated.