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On NTFS drives, Its called the MFT (Master File Table), on FAT drives it called FAT (File Allocation Table). This is how your hard drive knows where every file on your hard drive is.

Without this your hard drive will be like a big libray with all the books pages on the floor, you would have have a hard time putting a book together.

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