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11. Attribute -$INDEX_ALLOCATION (0xA0)
11.1. Overview
This is the basic component of an index (e.g. a directory). This is the storage location for all sub-nodes of the B+ tree that implements an index (e.g. a directory). This file attribute is always non-resident.

As defined in $AttrDef, this attribute has a no minimum or maximum siz...

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10. Attribute - $INDEX_ROOT (0x90)
10.1. Overview
This is the root node of the B+ tree that implements an index (e.g. a directory). This file attribute is always resident.

10.2. Layout of the Attribute
Link up below:

$INDEX_ROOT
  Standard Attribute Header
  Index Root
  Index Header
...

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9. Attribute - $DATA (0x80)
9.1. Overview
This Attribute contains the file's data. A file's size is the size of its unnamed Data Stream. As defined in $AttrDef, this attribute has a no minimum or maximum size.

9.2. Layout of the Attribute
Table 2.23. Layout of the $DATA (0x80) attribute

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7. Attribute - $VOLUME_NAME (0x60)
7.1. Overview
This attribute simply contains the names of the volume. As defined in $AttrDef, this attribute has a minimum size of 2 bytes and a maximum of 256 bytes. This equates to a maximum volume name length of 127 Unicode characters.

7.2. Layout of the Attribute
Table 2.19. Layout of the $VOLUME_NAME (0x60) attribute

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Absolute, security descriptor doesn’t contain the owner and group SIDs, nor the sacl and dacl.

ACL's inside the security descriptor. Instead, it contains pointers to these structures in memory.

Obviously, absolute security descriptors are only useful for in memory representations of security descriptors. On disk, a self-relative security descriptor is used.  Attrib...

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The solid-state memory supposedly accesses faster than conventional hard disk drives, as there are no movi...

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FAT32 is an abbreviation of File allocation table. This file system was originated in 1980’s supporting operating systems are windows MS-Dos. Later on Windows 95 and windows 98 were based on this FAT32 file system.

FAT32 is an abbreviation of File allocation table. This file system was originated in 1980’s supporting operating systems are windows MS-Dos. Later on Windows 95 and w...

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6.6.1.7. SELF RELATIVE
This Boolean flag, when set, indicates that the security descriptor is in self-relative form. In this form, all fields of the security descriptor are contiguous in memory and all pointer fields are expressed as offsets from the beginning of the security descriptor.

The SID structure is a variable-length structure used to uniquely identify users or groups. ...

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6.6.1. Security Descriptor Control Flags
Table 2.18. Security Descriptor Control Flags
 Flag Description