Finding files quickly: MFT parser!?
lazarus / 34-Windows

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BigChimp · 2012-12-16 09:01

Hi guys (& TedSmith  ),

Reading through some threads on the ML and searching online it appears
that you can quite quickly get a list of files and directories in a
certain directory or disk (if you are using NTFS) by directly parsing
the MFT/Master File Table.

Found a reference to an open source Delphi program but the website
disappeared. edit: DiscBuddy, disappeared page
http://free.pages.at/blumetools/toolsen.html

Would there be any open source code available for doing this - or
another solution?

Thanks,
BigChimp

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varianus · 2012-12-16 10:45

I've found  a backup of that site using WayBack Machine: 
http://wayback.archive.org/web/

The source for DiskBuddy is downloadable at http://web.archive.org/web
/20051111145922/http://koti.mbnet.fi/smiika/downloads/DiskBuddy.zip

The archive is a Rar and not a Zip, so you may have to change
extension.

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BigChimp · 2012-12-16 11:44

Great varianus, thanks a lot!

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mica · 2012-12-16 15:09

seems like the hosting of the site changed
QuoteDecember 07, 2012
changed to my own server: blumetools.dyndns.info
you may try to contact them about the broken download links

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BigChimp · 2012-12-16 15:15

Great - thanks for the update - I'd started to port the previous
version but perhaps I'll try again

As for the broken link... well, I found it in an old newsgroup post -
you can't really help that