$MFT - structure

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Dear all,

I'm trying to find out the exact layout of an MFT record.

I understand the record structure:

| Standard information | Name | Data | Empty |


However, I would like to know what every single byte in the record does.....
Any would be much appreciated??


Cheers,

Ben

 

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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:47:11 -0000, "bensmyth" <noreply@test.com>
wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>I'm trying to find out the exact layout of an MFT record.
>
>I understand the record structure:
>
>| Standard information | Name | Data | Empty |
>
>
>However, I would like to know what every single byte in the record does.....
>Any would be much appreciated??
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ben

My guess will be that understanding that information would be 100
times harder than finding it.
--
Svend Olaf

 

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"Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" <svolaf@partitionsupport.com> wrote in message
news:41df9593.8089946@News.Individual.NET...
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:47:11 -0000, "bensmyth" <noreply@test.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I'm trying to find out the exact layout of an MFT record.
>>
>>I understand the record structure:
>>
>>| Standard information | Name | Data | Empty |
>>
>>
>>However, I would like to know what every single byte in the record
>>does.....
>>Any would be much appreciated??
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Ben
>
> My guess will be that understanding that information would be 100
> times harder than finding it.
> --
> Svend Olaf

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ntfs/index.html a good place to start.
JPS

 

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> > My guess will be that understanding that information would be 100
> > times harder than finding it.

Finding it has been damned hard!


> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ntfs/index.html a good place to start.

Cheers, I've already come across the link.... Very good! But complex to
understand! Although I think I've just about got my head around it.... (at
least the basics!)

JPS - do you have any similar links??


Regards,

Ben

 

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In article <crmbq6$dp4$1@soapbox.cs.bham.ac.uk>,
bensmyth <noreply@test.com> wrote:
>> > My guess will be that understanding that information would be 100
>> > times harder than finding it.
>
>Finding it has been damned hard!
>
>
>> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ntfs/index.html a good place to start.
>
>Cheers, I've already come across the link.... Very good! But complex to
>understand! Although I think I've just about got my head around it.... (at
>least the basics!)
>
>JPS - do you have any similar links??
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben
>
>


A few years ago (circa NT4.0) O'Rielly published a book about NTFS,
ISTR. It's a little dated but might have the basics.

www.ora.com

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