I/O, storage & the cache manager

How the Executive turns a read() into a device stack request: the I/O Manager, PnP/power, drivers, volumes, file systems, and the cache manager.

1. 1The I/O system
2. 2The I/O Manager
3. 3Drivers & device stacks
4. 4Plug and Play & power
5. 5Storage & file systems
6. 6Disks, partitions, and volumes
7. 7File systems
8. 8Reparse points & symlinks
9. 9The Cache Manager