reading NTFS Master File Table
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Food for thought: I would like to know EVERY directory/file entry on my hard drive. I know that I can write a prog that traverses the entire tree, but I was reading that all information concerning directories/files, i.e., date (created, modified, last accessed), attributes, etc. are contained in meta files (MFT). Has anyone looked at this. I think that reading the MFT would be a faster solution than traversing the tree. Michael If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? --Albert Einstein
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Food for thought: I would like to know EVERY directory/file entry on my hard drive. I know that I can write a prog that traverses the entire tree, but I was reading that all information concerning directories/files, i.e., date (created, modified, last accessed), attributes, etc. are contained in meta files (MFT). Has anyone looked at this. I think that reading the MFT would be a faster solution than traversing the tree. Michael If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? --Albert Einstein