1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a data request at a file system from an application, the application and the file system executing on a first operating system; determining a logical block address that corresponds to the data request, the logical block address identifying a data storage location within a first data storage area; sending the logical block address to a second operating system, the second operating system incompatible with the file system; and at the second operating system, performing an action on the data storage location that corresponds to the logical block address received from the first operating system.