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The USN Journal (Update Sequence Number Journal), or Change Journal, is a feature of NTFS which maintains a record of changes made to the volume. It is not to be confused with the journal used for the NTFS file system journaling.

The USN Journal (Update Sequence Number Journal), or Change Journal, is a feature of NTFS which maintains a record of changes made to the volume. It is not to be confused with the journal used for the NTFS file system journaling.

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Reading the USN journal gives error 1784

I want to read the Windows USN (file system) journal using the Java JNA library. I can open a handle to the drive and query the journal info. But when I try to read the journal data (FSCTL_READ_USN_JOURNAL) I get error 1784 (The supplied user buffer…
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How to have a unique ID for all files in all disks, using WinApi / USN / MasterFileTable?

I'm using the NTFS MasterFileTable / USN journal of a few disk/partitions (C:, D:, E:, F:, etc), and I'd like to use a unique ID for each file/directory. While I'm reading the USN_RECORD (also called PUSN_RECORD), there is this int64: DWORDLONG …
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Handle USN journal size full case

In my backup application I am using USN journal to check changes to the volume. In microsoft website it mentioned like USN has a maximum size and the file gets full records gets deleted. MaximumSize is the target maximum size for the change…
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Is the USN journal disabled by default?

In my backup application I am using USN journal to check changes to the volume. By default USN is disabled or enabled? In this link (old article)it was mentioned like "By default, an NTFS volume will have its Change Journal disabled" .I didn't get…
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