How can I find physical address of my files on hard disc

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Suppose, I save a file on my hard disc drive(for example c:\abc.txt) that system file of my drive is in system file FAT32 or NTFS, I want to find physical address of this file for example sector number XXXXX to sector number yyyyy. please help me.

You do realize that there might be many ranges if the file is fragmented? — Mysticial, Mar 02 '12 at 08:20
FAT or NTFS? In each case how to get the physical address is different. — m0skit0, Mar 02 '12 at 08:23
If the file is fragmented I want to retrieve an array of sectors that save my file binaries — Ehsan, Mar 02 '12 at 08:23
NO, NO, NO... I want to how to... which function I can use and which source I must to read — Ehsan, Mar 02 '12 at 09:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '12 at 08:25

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For FAT:

For NTFS:

http://www.ntfs.com/

answered Mar 02 '12 at 08:25

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Thanks, But I want a program that do it for me, I don't know assembly language – Ehsan Mar 02 '12 at 08:27
Sorry, but I'm not going to do your work for you (mainly because I gotta do mine first). And you don't need assembly. C should be plenty. If you do at least give it a try, we can help. – m0skit0 Mar 02 '12 at 08:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '12 at 11:28

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The tool you are looking for is called "nfi.exe" which is (used to be) part of the "oem support tools".

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answered Mar 03 '12 at 11:28

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How can I find physical address of my files on hard disc

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