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NTFS - New Technology File System
designed for Windows NT, 2000, XP

NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP 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
• The FAT File System (FAT16 FAT32)

NTFS Basics

NTFS vs FAT

NTFS Optimization

NTFS Recovery Concepts

• Partition/Drive Recovery

  • MBR is damaged
  • Partition is deleted or Partition Table is damaged
  • Partition Boot Sector is damaged
  • Missing or Corrupted System Files

• File Recovery

  • 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

  • Making Tracks
  • Sectors and Clusters

• Master Boot Record (MBR)

  • Viruses Can Infect the Master Boot Record

• Partition Table

  • 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

The FAT File System

• FAT Partition Boot Sector

• File Allocation System

• FAT Root Folder

• FAT Folder Structure

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

• FAT32 Features

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

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