The MFT Record

[Guest]

Can someone explain the MFT record to me, and does the MFT record get too big
when it's padding it? I read somewhere that padding the MFT record is a one
way operation and somewhere else that it takes space to pad it, but how much?
Is it necessary to pad the MFT Record?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

MFT Zone
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xhpo.asp

Master File Table and Metadata Files
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_rpjv.asp

NTFSInfo
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/ntfsinfo.shtml

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Can someone explain the MFT record to me, and does the MFT record get too big
| when it's padding it? I read somewhere that padding the MFT record is a one
| way operation and somewhere else that it takes space to pad it, but how much?
| Is it necessary to pad the MFT Record?

 

[Guest]

So, what happens when the MFT is 100% full?
And what is a fragshield I keep hearing about?

 

[David Candy]

It grows bigger and thus become only 75% full or something.
It's all automatic and you don't need to worry about the MFT. It requires no input from you to work.