on a computer where is the root directory?

Answer 1

The C:/ drive.

Root Directory-
It's the base directory of a drive where all the other directories (folders) live. If you click your My Computer icon, then the C: drive, you're in the root directory of your C: drive. You're not in any folder or sub folder, your at the top level.

Answer 2

A hierarchical directory structure is used to organize the files that exist on any hard disk volume. This "logical tree" is used on almost every file system, because of the intuitive way it arranges files, and the power it gives the user to create meaningful organization schemes for files. Much as a real tree has all its branches and roots come together in one spot, so too does a file system directory structure. The directory at the "base" of the logical tree is called, appropriately enough, the root directory. The root directory is special because it follows rules that do not apply to the other, "regular" directories on the hard disk.

There can only be one root directory for any disk volume; obviously, having more than one would result in confusion, and there isn't any need to have more than one anyway. In the conventional FAT file system, the root directory is fixed in place at the start of the DOS volume; it "anchors" the directory tree. The root directory located on the disk volume directly after the two copies of the FAT, which are themselves directly below the other key disk structures. This contrasts with regular directories, which can be located anywhere on the disk.

In addition to being fixed in location, the root directory is also fixed in size (under FAT12/FAT16/VFAT). Regular directories can have an arbitrary size; they use space on the disk much the way files do, and when more space is needed to hold more entries, the directory can be expanded the same way a file can. The root directory is limited to a specific number of entries because of its special status. The number of entries that the root directory can hold depends on the type of volume:

Answer 3

Root directory is the directory where all your system files exist.
In windows (if installed on C:\ drive) C: drive becomes your root directory.
In Linux it is the / directory by default.

The root directory may vary and depends on how the computer (rather the OS on your pc) is configured.

If you load a particular application and all the files related to the application are stored in some directory say xx then xx is the root directory for that particular application.

Answer 4

The root directory is c:\>, by default. This can be changed, to where the computer will look for the root directory information in another directory.

Answer 5

it is commonly used in reference to a computer's directory structure. The root directory is the top-level directory of a file system. For example, on a Windows-based PC, "C:\" would be the root directory of the C drive. On a Web server, the root directory is usually designated by just a forward slash ("/ "). So, on a Unix system, you would type "cd /" (change directory to root) to go to the root directory. Root is also the name of the user who has complete administrative privleges on a Unix or Linux server. While most users can only access their own directory (i.e. "/www/users/~fred/"), the root user can access any folder from the root directory down. This allows the root user to make system changes such as modifying the permissions of other users without telling them.

Answer 6

The root directory is the highest point you can read in a directory tree (as in exploring folders). In Windows the default root directory is C:\, on Linux it is /.
If you run programmes on you machine for external access, as in web server, ftp server, mail server etc, for secure use you must NOT allow these to access the root or they can damage the system files. So each programme sets a lower level as the root. In a Linux or Unix setup, the web server sets /srv/www/ or a folder under this, ftp sets /srv/ftp or lower, mail may use /var/lib/mail or similar. This way each can not go higher and interfere with the other. Even if someone cracks the system, they are restricted to a limited area.

Answer 7

The root directory of each drive is the lowest level directory on the drive...

The term "root" comes from the analogy to a tree and branches, hence "root" refers to the lowest level of the drectory...

EVERY disk has a root directory... not JUST the "C" drive!

Answer 8

I bet you will be creating or hosting a site. The root directory for windows can be found at...

My Computer >> Drive (C or D or E... it depends) >> Inetpub (Folder) >> wwwroot (Folder)

Inside the wwwroot folder is where you will place some of your necessary files like .php or .asp.

Hope it helps :)

Answer 9

* go to this site it will tell you all you need to know
http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/directory-traversal.htm

Answer 10

On a Windows computer, usually C:\
On a Linux one, /