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NTFS
uses logical cluster numbers (LCNs) as disk addresses
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A
file in NTFS is not a simple byte stream, as in MS-DOS or UNIX,
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rather,
it is a structured object consisting of attributes
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Every
file in NTFS is described by one or more records in an array
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stored
in a special file called the Master File Table (MFT)
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Each
file on an NTFS volume has a unique ID called a file reference.
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64-bit
quantity that consists of a 48-bit file number and a 16-bit sequence
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number
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Can
be used to perform internal consistency checks
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The
NTFS name space is organized by a hierarchy of directories; the
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index
root contains the top level of the B+ tree
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