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| 17 Apr 2011 | #1 |
| | Locating $mft I'm trying to locate some files including $mft. Can anyone tell me how to locate $mft |
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| 17 Apr 2011 | #2 |
| | And how are you going about locating these files? |
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| 17 Apr 2011 | #3 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth  And how are you going about locating these files? |
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| 17 Apr 2011 | #4 |
| | Why don't you just go to start/type in $mft in search box? Maybe you don't have any in your system. I have several as they are from dump files doing BSODs |
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| 17 Apr 2011 | #5 |
| | I've searched at the command prompt dir /a as I thought these meta files were accessible from the root. Also used "(Search) Everything" Physically I thought the Master File table followed the Boot sector of the volume. |
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| 17 Apr 2011 | #6 |
| | You will not see these files though explorer or the command line, you have to go deeper into the kernel of Windows. Talk directly with the file system driver. I know of no program that would do that. |
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| 18 Apr 2011 | #7 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth You will not see these files though explorer or the command line, you have to go deeper into the kernel of Windows. Talk directly with the file system driver. I know of no program that would do that. |
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| 18 Apr 2011 | #8 |
| | The closest I've found is ntfsinfo tool from sysinternals. This is the kind of report it generates.  Download link here: NTFSInfo |
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| 18 Apr 2011 | #9 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjf I'm trying to locate some files including $mft. Can anyone tell me how to locate $mft |
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| 18 Apr 2011 | #10 |
| | @Bill2 thanks. I had ntfsinfo. I thought it basically read the hidden file $mft in c:\ I wanted to be able to see it and read it. I can't do either. @Scotiny, thanks, "defraggler" shows the physical location (like ntfsinfo). My initial post did just says locate - my fault. Last edited by mjf; 18 Apr 2011 at 04:29 AM.. |
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