File Management - Word Drop

The operating system is responsible for file management. It controls where on the storage device each file is ______. It keeps a record of where files are stored so that they can be found and ______ later. It also makes sure that saving one file does not ______ another, so existing data is not lost.

File management lets users name, copy, move and delete files. The operating system also gives every file a name and a location. When a user keeps a file for later use, the operating system ______ it. Files can also be allocated to different ______, so related files are grouped together.

Files are organised in a ______ structure, like a tree, with folders inside folders. At the top is the ______ directory, and each folder can contain files and other folders. The path describes the location of a file in relation to the root. Every file has a path that is ______, so no other file shares it.