A file system driver is a component of the storage management subsystem. There are different kinds of file system driver implementations. They include local file systems, network file systems and distributed file systems. A file system driver handles I/O independently of any underlying physical device. On the NT-based operating system, file system drivers are kernel-mode drivers. A filter driver is an intermediate driver that intercepts requests targeted to a file system or disk driver. File system filter drivers provide additional capabilities to a standard file system driver, typically by implementing such value-added services as virus screening. Many projects can be accomplished by implementing a file system filter driver rather than a full-fledged file system.

SCSI miniports talk to the system-supplied SCSI port driver. They call only the port driver?s routines to communicate with the system and its host bus adapter.

Windows based operating system class and filter drivers for peripheral storage devices act as an interface between any intermediate or highest level drivers layered above the class or filter driver and a system-supplied port driver. I/O requests from a user application or kernel component reach storage class drivers through I/O system services and one or more intermediate or highest level drivers, such as a file system driver.

• SCSI Miniports
• SCSI Target Drivers
• Storage Class Drivers
• Tape Drivers
• Changer Drivers
• Storage Port Drivers
• Storage Filter Drivers
• Filesystem Filter Drivers
• Filesystem Drivers

• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Vista
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP
• Windows Embedded