File Information

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Quick jump to: NTFS, exFAT, FAT, FAT32, EXT, HFS+, APFS

NTFS - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: Winre.wim Name of file or directory
ID: 27 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 38 File no, might be duplicate
ParentNo: 37 File no of the containing directory
Allocation: MftEntry
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
MftEntry: Allocation was provided by MFT entry Good NTFS
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 426 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 3/27/2019 6:30:14 AM  
Created: 3/27/2019 6:30:28 AM  
Last accessed: 3/27/2019 6:30:28 AM  
Attributes: ___sh__ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 000177E0 First cluster of file
First sector: 1,999,499,008 First sector of file
Resident: False Data attribute is not resident
MFT#: 0x26 (38) MFT # of file (=file no above)
Parent MFT#: 0x25 (37) MFT # of containing directory
MFT sectors: 1,999,289,076(2) Sectors this MFT was found

 

EXFAT - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: SysTools.pdf Name of file or directory
ID: 16842 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 0 reserved
ParentNo: 0 reserved
Allocation: Extent
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
OneCluster: File consists of one known cluster Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
FirstCluster: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters continuous Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Fat: Allocation was provided by FAT table Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Plan-B: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters guessed Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
Extent: Allocation was provided by Extent information Good exFAT, HFS+, APFS
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 12.4 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 2/27/2002 12:27:56 AM  
Created: 4/17/2020 11:26:24 AM  
Last accessed: 4/17/2020 11:26:24 AM  
Attributes: a______ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 192209+ First cluster of file
First sector: 843,451,904 First sector of file
Found@cluster: 1647097 Cluster no where this dir entry was found
LFN: SysTools.pdf Long file name
Cluster chain: 0x192209(50) 50 clusters starting at cluster 0x192209
Ignore FAT: True True=FAT does not provide allocation because Extent does, False=FAT provides allocation

 

FAT - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: headcrash.wav Name of file or directory
ID: 164 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 0 reserved
ParentNo: 0 reserved
Allocation: Fat
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
OneCluster: File consists of one known cluster Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
FirstCluster: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters continuous Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Fat: Allocation was provided by FAT table Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Plan-B: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters guessed Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 17.3 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 9/6/2001 6:11:08 PM  
Created: 11/9/2001 1:04:10 AM  
Last accessed: 11/9/2001  
Attributes: a____r_ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 0001CB+ First cluster of file
First sector: 1,982 First sector of file
Found@cluster: 458 Cluster no where this dir entry was found
LFN: headcrash.wav Long file name
Cluster chain: 0x192209(50) 50 clusters starting at cluster 0x192209
Ignore FAT: False False=FAT provides allocation

 

FAT32 - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: headcrash.wav Name of file or directory
ID: 413 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 0 reserved
ParentNo: 0 reserved
Allocation: Fat
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
OneCluster: File consists of one known cluster Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
FirstCluster: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters continuous Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Fat: Allocation was provided by FAT table Good FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Plan-B: File's first cluster is known, remaining clusters guessed Medium FAT, FAT32, exFAT
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 17.3 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 9/6/2001 6:11:08 PM  
Created: 11/9/2001 1:04:42 AM  
Last accessed: 11/9/2001  
Attributes: a____r_ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 0000ED+ First cluster of file
First sector: 3,946 First sector of file
Found@cluster: 236 Cluster no where this dir entry was found
LFN: headcrash.wav Long file name
Cluster chain: 0x0000ED(4436) 4436 clusters starting at cluster 0x0000ED
Ignore FAT: False False=FAT provides allocation

 

EXT - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: Delphi_Reference.pdf Name of file or directory
ID: 1241 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 30604 File no, might be duplicate
ParentNo: 30601 File no of the containing directory
Allocation: None
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
None: Default allocation provided by inode information Good EXT
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 4.45 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 8/1/2002 7:37:41 AM  
Created: 2/3/2089 8:16:32 AM  
Last accessed: 10/14/2007 3:19:06 PM  
Attributes: _______ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 000352DB First cluster of file
First sector: 00000000 First sector of file
Inode no: 30604 Cluster no where this dir entry was found
#Hard links: 1 Number of hard links for this file
File mode: -rw-r--r-- Linux file mode
Blocks: 0352DB 0352DC 0352DD 0352DE 0352DF 0352E0 0352E1 0352E2 0352E3 0352E4 0352E5 0352E6 0352E7 0353E8 000000
Direct blocks Singly Indirect Block Doubly Indirect Block Triply Indirect Block
EXT4 only
Inode flags: EXTENTS Linux file mode
Extents: Uses 1 of 4 entries, depth is 0 VCN0(1015) at LCN225328

 

HFS+ - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: IMG_3112.JPG Name of file or directory
ID: 241 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 262 File no, might be duplicate
ParentNo: 250 File no of the containing directory
Allocation: Extent
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
Extent: Allocation was provided by Extent information Good exFAT, HFS+, APFS
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 3.10 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 7/24/2005 11:41:22 PM  
Created: 3/13/2014 8:27:01 AM  
Last accessed: 12/7/2017 3:30:28 AM  
Attributes: _______ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 04C567+ First cluster of file
First sector: 00262B3A First sector of file
CatID: 262 Unique file system ID
Valence: -1  
Fork extents: 0x4C567(795) One extent describing 795 blocks starting at block 0x4C567

 

APFS - File Details
Property Example Value Description
Name: IMG_3146.JPG Name of file or directory
ID: 80 Internal ID, cannot be duplicate
No: 8589934782 File no, might be duplicate
ParentNo: 8589934594 File no of the containing directory
Allocation: Extent
Possible values:
Method Description Quality Affected File Systems
Root: Directory entry which was defined as root by file system Good All
Virtual: Entries created by GetDataBack n/a All
Extent: Allocation was provided by Extent information Good exFAT, HFS+, APFS
Properties: FILE FILE - file, DIR - directory, REALDIR - real directory, SUBS - directory containing subdirectories
Size: 4.47 MB Files: file size, directories: size of all files herein
Files: (directories only) Number of files in this directory and below
Directories: (directories only) Number of directories in this directory and below
Last modified: 8/1/2005 12:23:32 AM  
Created: 3/13/2014 8:27:03 AM  
Last accessed: 2/20/2018 12:13:39 AM  
Attributes: _______ a=archive flag, r=read only, h=hidden, s=system, l=volume name, d=directory, c=compressed
Type: FILE FILE or DIR
First cluster: 0013F4+ First cluster of file
First sector: 0006DFC8 First sector of file
VCID: 2-190 Composed volume-catalog ID
Mode: -rwx------ Linux-style file mode
Fork extents: 5108(1145) One extent describing 1145 blocks starting at block 5108

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