File allocation table (FAT)
Absolute sector number is: FAT_LBA = DBR_LBA + BPB_wReservedSec is that the file allocation table is a DOS file group
The main part of the weave structure. We know that DOS is the basic unit of allocation of clusters. File Allocation Table is a reflection of the hard disk
The use of all the clusters, the file allocation table by checking that the use of any cluster. Points to a file in DOS
The total space of the first scan with FAT, find the first available cluster, the space allocated to the file, and the cluster in to fill the head
Recorded in the corresponding segment. That formed a "cluster number chain." FAT is the cluster number of a log file table. The first two fields in order to protect the FAT
Left field of 3 bytes is FAT12, FAT16 is 4 bytes. In which the first byte is used to describe the medium
The remaining bytes FFH. BPB same media format.
FAT structure of meaning: The first general FAT table is FF8H or FFF8H.