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Master File Table (MFT) is an integral component of the NTFS file system. The MFT contains metadata about every file, directory, and metafile on an NTFS volume. It includes filenames, locations, size, and permissions.

The Master File Table (MFT) contains metadata about every file, directory, and metafile on an volume. It includes filenames, locations, size, and permissions. Its structure supports algorithms which minimize disk fragmentation. A directory entry consists of a filename and a "file ID", which is the record number representing the file in the Master File Table. The file ID also contains a reuse count to detect stale references.

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Getting Directory Size by reading through the MFT in C++ (like TreeSize)

Please read before quoting “repost” - I am aware similar questions have been asked, but I am yet to find a satisfactory answer My goal is to provide a tree-like directory structure of disk space usage allowing the user to drill down the hierarchy in…
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NTFS MFT datarun

I am trying to parse a Data Run in an MFT Record and I'm comparing my results to Active Disk Editor. The data run is as follows: .... 42 0F 01 FD 83 90 D9 0C (second attribute starts here) If I understand correctly: this is how it should be…
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How do I read the Windows NTFS $Secure file (and/or the $SDS stream) programmatically in C#

The methods in the .NET platform's DirectorySecurity namespace (e.g. GetAccessRules()) are far too slow for my purposes. Instead, I wish to directly query the NTFS $Secure metafile (or, alternatively, the $SDS stream) in order to retrieve a list of…
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How would I read the NTFS master file table in C (*not* C++)?

I need a simple, lightweight way to read the NTFS MFT on a Windows server, using only C. My goal is to return a collection of directories and their permissions in a programmatic way for an application my company is building. Every other answer I've…
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How to get the date that a file was put on Windows file system

I have a third-party application installation program that installs a sys file in the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers. I want to get the actual date it was placed on the file system, ultimately programmatically, so that I can write a tool that…
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NTFS Change Journal - File Change Tracking

I'm developing a change tracking software to monitor files of a specific volume. I tried FileSystemWatcher (.NET) and AlternateDataStreams but they all have some limitations (ie. the change tracking software has to be on 24/7, alternate data streams…
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Can LockFileEx be used with Volume Handles?

I'm experimenting with FSCTL_MOVE_FILE. Mostly everything is working as expected. However, sometimes if I try to re-read (via FSCTL_GET_NTFS_FILE_RECORD) the Mft record I just moved, I'm getting some bad data. Specifically, if the file record says…
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OS partition coming as RAW after volume cloning in Windows server 2008, 2012 &etc

I'm facing issue On my disk cloning. (ie.) OS partition is coming as RAW instead of NTFS file system after cloning completed. I have used FSCTL_GET_VOLUME_BITMAP Device IO Control API for getting volume bitmap buffer. Using this volume bitmap i…
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Know the number of files / directories before doing a FSCTL_ENUM_USN_DATA

Before doing a USN journal / NTFS MFT files-enumeration with while (DeviceIoControl(hDrive, FSCTL_ENUM_USN_DATA, &med, sizeof(med), pData, sizeof(pData), &cb, NULL)) { // do stuff here med.StartFileReferenceNumber = *((DWORDLONG*) pData); …
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How to find MFT Record Number of file in c++?

In linux there is the fstat system call which gives the inode number of a filedescriptor. Is there any system call or winapi function which would give MFT Record Number of a given file, from its HANDLE or file path? If there isn't any function or…
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How to extract file size from MFT

I am trying to extract the contents of the Master File Table (MFT). I have copied the MFT from my NTFS volume and saved it as a .bin file. Now I am trying to read this file using the unpack function provided in Python. I am reading the 8 bits…
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c# Directory.GetFiles() - multiple files on NTFS

Using System.IO.Directory.GetFiles() like this string[] fileFullPaths1 = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Windows\System32", "mycompanyname.scr"); string[] fileFullPaths2 = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Windows\SysWOW64", "mycompanyname.scr"); I find the…
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NTFS DataRun probably error

I am writing a code to parse MFT of NTFS. I`m trying analyse Data Run of non residental $INDEX_ALLOCATION attrib: 11 01 2C 11 02 FE 11 00 9F 0B 21 01 DB 00 21 01 D9 00 21 01 E0 00 21 01 F6 00 21 01 10 01 00 F1 After regroup I see problem in Data Run…
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Trying to get MFT table from Python 3

I try to read MFT table from my local disk from python. Of course, if I write something like this: input_file = open('C:\$MFT', "rb") I will get [ Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\$MFT' I tried to use pyMFTGrabber, but it doesn't work; I got a…
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Volume filter driver not monitoring some system files

I am working on an upper volume filter driver that monitors writes/modification on a sector and then set the respective bits of that sector in my own bitmap. I am using the diskperf example that is provided in WDK as base. Mostly all the…
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