NTFS - New Technology File System designed for Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000.

NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP Vista 2003 2000 & NT, which supports file-level security, compression and auditing. It also supports large volumes and powerful storage solution such as RAID. The most important new feature of NTFS is the ability to encrypt files and folders to protect your sensitive data.

NTFS Basics NTFS vs FAT NTFS Optimization NTFS Recovery Concepts File Storage Hardware and Disk Organization WinFS File System The FAT File System (FAT16 FAT32)

NTFS Basics
NTFS Partition Boot Sector NTFS Master File Table (MFT) NTFS File Types NTFS File Attributes NTFS System Files NTFS Multiple Data Streams NTFS Compressed Files EFS - Encrypting File System Using EFS EFS Internals $EFS Attribute Issues with EFS NTFS Sparse Files NTFS Data Integrity and Recoverability

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NTFS Optimization NTFS Recovery Concepts

Partition/Drive Recovery

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MBR is damaged Partition is deleted or Partition Table is damaged

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File Recovery

Partition Boot Sector is damaged Missing or Corrupted System Files

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Disk Scan for deleted entries Defining clusters chain for the deleted entry Clusters chain recovery

File Storage Hardware and Disk Organization

Hard Disk Drive Basics

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Making Tracks Sectors and Clusters

Master Boot Record (MBR)

Viruses Can Infect the Master Boot Record

Partition Table

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Boot Indicator Field System ID Field Starting and Ending Head, Sector, and Cylinder Field Relative Sectors and Number of Sectors Fields Logical Drives and Extended Partitions

S.M.A.R.T Diagnostic Technology

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S.M.A.R.T Background S.M.A.R.T History and Predecessors S.M.A.R.T Information S.M.A.R.T Standards and Implementation S.M.A.R.T Attributes SMART Monitor

WinFS File System

WinFS Overview Why WinFS WinFS Architecture

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WinFS Technology WinFS Types and Extensibility WinFS Synchronization

WinFS for Developers WinFS Availability

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The FAT File System

FAT Partition Boot Sector File Allocation System FAT Root Folder FAT Folder Structure

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Filenames on FAT Volumes Example of Folder Entries for the long filename

FAT32 Features

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File System Specifications Boot Sector and Bootstrap Modifications FAT Mirroring FAT32 Partition Types s_partition (FAT32)