Articles Tagged “NTFS”
4 articles tagged “NTFS”, newest first.
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How Does a Windows Shortcut Find a File You Moved? — A File's Location and Its Identity Are Two Different Things
Why does a shortcut still open a file you moved? Windows can find the target from tracking identifiers and file characteristics, not just the stored path, wi...
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Volume Shadow Copy (VSS): The Mechanism and the Practice — Why Backup Software Can Copy Files That Are Still in Use
In-use files hit sharing violations, yet backup software copies them. This covers VSS requester, writer and provider roles, copy-on-write, vssadmin, and diff...
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The Depths of Windows I/O (Part 5) — NTFS Internals: Understanding the File System Through the MFT
An illustrated Part 5 on NTFS internals for developers: the MFT, file records, data streams, hard links, 8.3 names, reparse points, journals, sparseness, and...
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MAX_PATH and Windows Path/Filename Pitfalls — the 260-Character Limit, Reserved Names, Trailing Dots, and Case Sensitivity
A rundown of the path and filename limits behind the classic 'file not found' bug. Covers the breakdown of MAX_PATH=260, enabling long paths with LongPathsEn...