Hi Guys,
Quick question With directories listed in the MFT such as WINDOWS, what are the identifying marks which denote the start of the first file listed all the way to the last file listed in this directory? What I mean is, how do I determine which files belong to which directory?
Also, within these records (where they describe a directory) are the references to files within these records equipped with pointers to their starting cluster? It looks like they just have the 0x10 standard_info attribute, but no 0x80. Unless the 0x80 attribute wraps the 0x10 attributes. . .
thanks
You will have to parse the $I30 stream according to carrier's book.
So, will you let the us beta you software when it's ready?
Wait a second, how did you know I purchased that book? I haven't got it yet, but it is in the mail… weird or did you just assume I had it?
And, of course, it would be an honor to let this community beta my software. I am hoping to be done with it before next semester. I'll keep you informed if you would like me to . . . I'll make a new post when it is ready I guess.
Anyway, in terms of the OP. OK, I will do some investigation on this a little further (a little trial and error) in lieu of waiting for the book to arrive. thanks
There are also vairous NTFS sites on the web.
NTFS is extremely complex, especially if you want to deal with compressed / encrypted / sparse files.
BTW have fun when you're dealing with ATTRIBUTE_LISTS and don't forget to fixup you MFT records.
i have found a few of them.
rightfully so, but it isn't rocket science, it is actually a lot easier to understand than many might tell you otherwise. It makes a lot of sense after all.
yes, fun will be had. I am about 95% complete with my project, so looks like the fun is just about over. or has it just begun?
MFT number 5 has a file '.' This is the Index of the disk, and stores the tree structure of the directory
MFT number 5 has a file '.' This is the Index of the disk, and stores the tree structure of the directory
yes it's the root and the $Volume file carries the name of the volume.
Hi.
I just figured it out. You have to look at the records file reference number. The upper two bytes of the file reference number is the MFT Record and the lower six bytes is the records sequence number. So, you would have to find the file, then read the MFT in reverse to find the full path of the file or directory.
either that or you start at . parse the idx buffer and recursivel parse through all the files/folder therein.
Or you can peek at a this
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