Re: NTFS $LOGFILE metafile

From: George M. Garner Jr. (gmgarnerat_private)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 14:54:37 PST

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    Harlan,
    
    >> As yet, I haven't found a way to access the  $LOGFILE metafile on a live
    system,
    >> let alone parse it... <<
    
    The FSCTL control codes to read and write from the $Logfile do not appear to
    be documented.  Maybe they are in the IFS SDK.  On Windows XP and .Net
    Server you can use the volume shadow copy service to backup a snapshot of
    the $Logfile.  The syntax is as follows:
    
    ntbackup backup C:\$Logfile /F "A:\myLogfile"
    
    This assumes that C:\ is a ntfs volume and you want to write the backup file
    to the a: drive.
    
    Regards,
    
    George.
    
    
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