1. A method for managing a file system object, comprising: executing, by a hardware processor, a disk operating system having a driver for accessing a hardware component; receiving, by the hardware processor executing the disk operating system, a request for the file system object stored by the hardware component, the request associated with a software application, and the request specifying a data format used by the software application; determining, by the hardware processor executing the disk operating system, a type of access specified by the software application in the request for the file system object stored by the hardware component; if the type of access specified by the software application requests a write access to the file system object stored by the hardware component, then performing, by the hardware processor executing the disk operating system, a conversion that retrieves a block of data from the software application, the block of data associated with the file system object stored by the hardware component, and the conversion converting the block of data from the data format used by the software application into an internal data format used by the driver for accessing the hardware component; and if the type of access specified by the software application requests a read access to the file system object stored by the hardware component, then performing, by the hardware processor executing the disk operating system, a different conversion that retrieves the block of data from the file system object stored by the hardware component and converts the block of data from the internal data format used by the driver to the data format used by the software application; wherein the hardware processor differently converts the block of data according to the type of access specified by the software application.