> One could think About page is such a place, but it is not. One would think that. One would also hope that One would read the entire [About page](http://serverfault.com/about), and in doing so One would discover this section: [![enter image description here][1]][1] which generally mirrors the contents of [the official Help Center page](http://serverfault.com/help/on-topic) (which, as Chris pointed out, is kinda hard to find). *** I'm not trying to be mean here (though it's very tempting to be), but this kind of thing is what we mean when we say *Do Your Research*. As a [professional](https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/4111/what-is-a-professional-capacity) system administrator (see also [here](https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/5475/why-professional-capacity)) you need to think on your feet - to show that you are capable of that you need to do the groundwork and being at least a partially formed idea to your question. Ask Google before you ask us. ("Pick one for me: NTFS or FAT" doesn't pass muster, for example - 30 seconds on Google would have answered this for you). As for what to do when a question is poorly received, that's pretty simple: Go sit down and think about what you've done. Understand *why* your questions are not doing well here ("I'm not showing any research effort", "I'm asking for a silver spoon solution", "My question is too vague", etc. - these are all ***incredibly*** common problems but by no means an exhaustive list). When you understand why your question is not doing well you can either fix it (edit) or delete it and ask a better one (deleting and re-asking is often a better approach if your question has been buried in downvotes). [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/nI2dG.png