What is the most likely cause?

Rick works as a Network Administrator for Company Inc. He takes a backup of some important
compressed files on an NTFS partition, using the Windows 2000 Backup utility. Rick restores these
files in a FAT32 partition. He finds that the restored files do not have the compression attribute.
What is the most likely cause?

A.
The FAT32 partition is corrupt and requires to be reformatted.

B.
A FAT32 partition does not support compression.

C.
The Windows 2000 Backup utility decompresses compressed files while taking a backup.

D.
The backup of files that are saved on an NTFS partition cannot be restored in a FAT32
partition.

Explanation:

When a backup taken in an NTFS partition is restored in a FAT32 partition, the following file
properties are retaineD.
Long file names

File attributes
Encryption, permission, and compression are lost, as the FAT32 file system does not support these
features.
Answer option D is incorrect. A backup of files that are saved in an NTFS partition can be restored in
a FAT32 partition. However, while doing so, only the properties that are exclusively supported by
NTFS are not retained.
Answer option A is incorrect. A corrupt partition cannot restore backup files. The question clearly
states that the compression attribute is not retained. This indicates that the backup files are
successfully restored. Therefore, a corrupt partition cannot be the most likely cause.
Answer option C is incorrect. The Windows 2000 Backup utility can take a backup of compressed
files in compressed mode.