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NTFS File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
NTFS
953 GB
99% @ 0%
953 GB NTFS partition
covering 99% of a 954 GB drive
and beginning at 0%
File system: NTFS File system
Size: 953 GB Capacity
Location: Sector 796,672 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 796,672 Location of cluster 0
Cluster size: 8 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 1,997,932,543 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 249,741,567 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 1/3 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: B@796672 BB@1998729215 M@7088128 MM@796688 Sources for this file system:
Boot sector at 796672,
Backup boot sector at 1998729215,
$MFT at 7088128,
$MFTMirr at 796688
Source: B2M2 Short source for this file system:
2 boot records, 2 $MFTs
Recovery tree: Tree NTFS, 1312507 entries Recovery Tree has 1312507 entries
(files & directories), see details below
MFT cluster: 786,432 Cluster number of $MFT
MFTMirr cluster: 2 Cluster number of $MFTMirr
MFT size: 1024 bytes Size of one MFT record (usually 1024)
INDX size: 4096 bytes Size of one INDEX record (usually 4096)
# Mft: 1,237,508 # entries in MFT (files & directories)
Explicit Mft no: True Entries contain own MFT# (XP & up)
Area: Ambiguous Source of MFT information
Created: 11/21/2015 2:22:16 AM Date MFT was created
NTFS Recovery Tree
Tree: NTFS, 1312507 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 158,871 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 1,153,635 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 978,206,793,071 Total size of files
NTFS Volume: NTFS Volume at 796,672 (1,997,932,543 sectors) See details below
RemoveList: nil Internal
NTFS Volume
Drive: Physical hard drive 954 GB (DISK0:) - SAMSUNG MZFLW1T0HMLH-000MV Name of drive the recovery ran on
Bytes per sector: 512 Byes in one sector (512 or 4096)
Sectors/cluster: 8 Sectors per cluster (8 or power of 2)
Cluster0: 796,672 Location of cluster 0
Sectors in volume: 1,997,932,543 Total number of sectors
Clusters in volume: 249,741,567 Total number of clusters
BitMapFree: 0 internal
Mft1stCluster: C0000 1st cluster of $MFT (hex)
MftMirr1stCluster: 2 1st cluster of $MFTMirr (hex)
MftRecSize: 1024 Size of one MFT record (usually 1024)
IndexBufferSize: 4096 Size of one INDEX record (usually 4096)
Area: Ambiguous Source of MFT information
Secondaries: 10806 secondary items, 0 keys Number of files with more than one MFT record

 

EXFAT File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
EXFAT
477 GB
99% @ 0%
477 GB exFAT partition
covering 99% of a 477 GB drive
and beginning at 0%
File system: EXFAT File system
Size: 477 GB Capacity
Location: Sector 65,536 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 130,048 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 512 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 1,000,079,360 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 1,953,280 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 0/0 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: B@65536BB@65548 Sources for this file system:
Boot sector at 65536,
Backup boot sector at 65548
Source: B2 Short source for this file system:
2 boot records
Recovery tree: Tree EXFAT, 64202 entries Recovery Tree has 64202 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 59,595 Number of files
Total directories: 4,606 Number of directories
Total file size: 402 GB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 64,202 # entries in dirhash
Cluster2: Sector 131,072 Location of cluster 2 (first used cluster number)
FAT1: Sector 98,304 Location of FAT1
FAT2: Sector -1 no FAT2
FAT length: 32,768 sectors Length of one FAT
1st root cluster: 4 First cluster of root directory
Root dir: Sector 132,096 First sector of root directory
EXFAT Recovery Tree
Tree: EXFAT, 64202 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 4,606 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 59,595 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 431,446,518,341 Total size of files
MergedFat: FAT length: 4194304 entries, 12 chains See details below
LFNWork: 0 entries Internal
LFNFrags: 0 entries Internal
FirstRootCluster: 4 First cluster of root directory
RootChain: 1 elements, 000004 Description of root's FAT chain
EndingClusters: TList2 (11FE): 4 5 8 9 D616A D616B D616C D616D D616E D616F...(11F4 more)... EOF markers in FAT
Filled by mounting: TRUE Recovery Tree created from boot record (mounting)
Filled by FAT: FALSE Recovery Tree created from FAT (smart scan)
Filled by scan: FALSE Recovery Tree created from full scan
EXFAT Merged FAT
MergedFat: FAT length: 4194304 entries, 12 chains # entries in FAT, # chains in FAT(only fragmented chains listed in exFAT)
Chains
1 cluster: 00000000
1 cluster: 00000001
1 cluster: 00000002
1 cluster: 00000003
1 cluster: 00000004
219190 clusters: 0000000B- 0000000C- 0000000D- 0000000E- 0000000F- 00000010- 00000011- 00000012- 00000013- 00000014- 00000015-...
219211 clusters: 0003584A- 0003584B- 0003584C- 0003584D- 0003584E- 0003584F- 00035850- 00035851- 00035852- 00035853- 00035854-...
219233 clusters: 0006B09E- 0006B09F- 0006B0A0- 0006B0A1- 0006B0A2- 0006B0A3- 0006B0A4- 0006B0A5- 0006B0A6- 0006B0A7- 0006B0A8-...
219223 clusters: 000A0908- 000A0909- 000A090A- 000A090B- 000A090C- 000A090D- 000A090E- 000A090F- 000A0910- 000A0911- 000A0912-...
734106 clusters: 000D962F- 000D9630- 000D9631- 000D9632- 000D9633- 000D9634- 000D9635- 000D9636- 000D9637- 000D9638- 000D9639-...
...2 more  

 

FAT File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
FAT12
1.39 MB
98% @ 1%
1.39 MB FAT partition
covering 98% of a 1.41 MB drive
and beginning at 1%
File system: FAT12 File system
Size: 1.39 MB Capacity
Location: Sector 1 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 31 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 1 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 2,849 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 2,849 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 13/52 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: D5@1336/1428 Sources for this file system:
Subdirectories at sectors 1336, 1428, and 3 more
Source: D5 Short source for this file system:
5 subdirectories
Recovery tree: Tree FAT12, 48 entries, 0 LFN work entries Recovery Tree has 48 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 29 Number of files
Total directories: 6 Number of directories
Total file size: 722 KB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 48 # entries in dirhash
Cluster2: Sector 33 Location of cluster 2 (first used cluster number)
FAT1: Sector 1 Location of FAT1
FAT2: Sector 10 Location of FAT2
FAT length: 9 sectors Length of one FAT
# root dir entries: 224 Max. space for root dir entries
Root dir: Sector 19 First sector of root directory
FAT Recovery Tree
Tree: FAT12, 48 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 6 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 29 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 739,128 Total size of files
MergedFat: FAT length: 3072 entries, 36 chains See details below
LFNWork: 0 entries Internal
LFNFrags: 0 entries Internal
FirstRootCluster: 0 n/a
RootChain: 1 elements, 000 n/a
EndingClusters: TList2 (6): 317 388 3F9 46A 519 575 EOF markers in FAT
Filled by mounting: TRUE Recovery Tree created from boot record (mounting)
Filled by FAT: FALSE Recovery Tree created from FAT (smart scan)
Filled by scan: FALSE Recovery Tree created from full scan
FAT Merged FAT
MergedFat: FAT length: 3072 entries, 36 chains # entries in FAT, # chains in FAT
Chains
1 cluster: 00000001
15 clusters: 00000002- 00000003- 00000004- 00000005- 00000006- 00000007- 00000008- 00000009- 0000000A- 0000000B- 0000000C-...
17 clusters: 00000011- 00000012- 00000013- 00000014- 00000015- 00000016- 00000017- 00000018- 00000019- 0000001A- 0000001B-...
15 clusters: 00000022- 00000023- 00000024- 00000025- 00000026- 00000027- 00000028- 00000029- 0000002A- 0000002B- 0000002C-...
15 clusters: 00000031- 00000032- 00000033- 00000034- 00000035- 00000036- 00000037- 00000038- 00000039- 0000003A- 0000003B-...
597 clusters: 00000040- 00000041- 00000042- 00000043- 00000044- 00000045- 00000046- 00000047- 00000048- 00000049- 0000004A-...
1 cluster: 00000295
23 clusters: 00000296- 00000297- 00000298- 00000299- 0000029A- 0000029B- 0000029C- 0000029D- 0000029E- 0000029F- 000002A0-...
89 clusters: 000002AD- 000002AE- 000002AF- 000002B0- 000002B1- 000002B2- 000002B3- 000002B4- 000002B5- 000002B6- 000002B7-...
12 clusters: 00000306- 00000307- 00000308- 00000309- 0000030A- 0000030B- 0000030C- 0000030D- 0000030E- 0000030F- 00000310-...
...26 more    

 

FAT32 File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
FAT32
3.84 GB
99% @ 0%
1,024 MB EXT partition
covering 100% of a 1,024 MB drive
and beginning at 0%
File system: FAT32 File system
Size: 3.84 GB Capacity
Location: Sector 2,048 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 17,802 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 8 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 8,049,270 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 1,006,158 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 51/66 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: B@2048 BB@2054 D9@28994/38154 Sources for this file system:
Boot sector at 2048,
Backup boot sector at 2054,
Subdirectories at sectors 28994, 38154, and 7 more
Source: B2D9 Short source for this file system:
2 boot records, 9 subdirectories
Recovery tree: Tree FAT32, 4475 entries, 49 LFN work entries Recovery Tree has 4475 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 4,237 Number of files
Total directories: 79 Number of directories
Total file size: 3.82 GB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 4,475 # entries in dirhash
Cluster2: Sector 17,818 Location of cluster 2 (first used cluster number)
FAT1: Sector 2,080 Location of FAT1
FAT2: Sector 9,949 Location of FAT2
FAT length: 7,869 sectors Length of one FAT
1st root cluster: 2 First cluster of root directory
Root dir: Sector 17,818 First sector of root directory
FAT32 Recovery Tree
Tree: FAT32, 4475 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 79 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 4,237 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 4,106,365,082 Total size of files
MergedFat: FAT length: 1007232 entries, 4080 chains See details below
LFNWork: 49 entries Internal
LFNFrags: 2 entries Internal
FirstRootCluster: 2 First cluster of root directory
RootChain: 1 elements, 000002  Description of root's FAT chain
EndingClusters: TList2 (4F): 2 3 6 7 539 53A 53B 549 577 9F0...(45 more)... EOF markers in FAT
Filled by mounting: TRUE Recovery Tree created from boot record (mounting)
Filled by FAT: FALSE Recovery Tree created from FAT (smart scan)
Filled by scan: FALSE Recovery Tree created from full scan
FAT32 Merged FAT
MergedFat: FAT length: 1007232 entries, 4080 chains # entries in FAT, # chains in FAT
Chains
1 cluster: 00000000
1 cluster: 00000002
1 cluster: 00000003
1 cluster: 00000004
1 cluster: 00000005
1 cluster: 00000006
1 cluster: 00000007
698 clusters: 00000008- 00000009- 0000000A- 0000000B- 0000000C- 0000000D- 0000000E- 0000000F- 00000010- 00000011- 00000012-...
631 clusters: 000002C2- 000002C3- 000002C4- 000002C5- 000002C6- 000002C7- 000002C8- 000002C9- 000002CA- 000002CB- 000002CC-...
1 cluster: 00000539
...4070 more    

 

EXT File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
EXT
1,024 MB
100% @ 0%
3.84 GB FAT32 partition
covering 99% of a 3.85 GB drive
and beginning at 0%
File system: EXT File system
Size: 1,024 MB Capacity
Location: Sector 2 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 0 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 8 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 2,097,152 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 262,144 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 0/0 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: S>0 G0@2 G1@262144 G3@786432 Chained sparse superblocks:
FS origin is at sector 0,
Group 0 superblock is at sector 2,
Group 1 superblock is at sector 262144,
Group 3 superblock is at sector 786432
Source: S7 7 chained sparse superblocks confirm this file system
Recovery tree: Tree EXT, 246 entries Recovery Tree has 246 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 239 Number of files
Total directories: 6 Number of directories
Total file size: 928 MB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 246 # entries in dirhash
Superblock location: Sector 2 Sector of first superblock
SB grp strt secs: 0(0) 1(262144) 3(786432) 5(1310720) 7(1835008) Sparse superblock group(start sector)
# groups (d): 8 # groups in file system
# blks/grp desc (d): 1 (8 sectors) # blocks per group description
SuperBlocks at blks:  (5): 0 1 3 5 7 Blocks with superblocks
# inodes: 65536 # inodes in file system
# blocks: 262144 # blocks in file system
# res. blocks: 13107 # reserved blocks for superuser
# free blocks: 16404 # free blocks
# free inodes: 65274 # free inodes
1st data block: 0 First data block
log block size: 2 (4096 bytes) 0-1024, 1-2048, 2-4096
fragment size: 2 Fragment size
# blocks/group: 32768 # blocks per group
# fragments/group: 32768 # fragments per group
# inodes/group: 8192 # inodes per group
Mount time: 3/13/2014 11:47:01 AM Last mount time
Write time: 3/13/2014 11:47:01 AM Last write time
Mount count: 4 Mount count
Max. mount count: 65535
Magic signature: 0xEF53 (VALID) EF53=Valid
File system state: 1 (Cleanly unmounted) 1=OK
Minor rev. level: 0
Last check: 3/11/2014 4:23:03 PM Time of last check
Max. time bw chks: 0 seconds (0 days)
Creator OS: 0 (Linux)
Inode size: 256 bytes Inode size
Block group: 0 Number of this block group
Compat flag: 60 HAS_JOURNAL EXT_ATTR RESIZE_INODE DIR_INDEX
Incompat flag: 582 FILETYPE RECOVER EXTENTS FLEX_BG
RO compat flag: 123 SPARSE_SUPER LARGE_FILE HUGE_FILE GDT_CSUM DIR_NLINK EXTRA_ISIZE
Volume name: 1gExt4 Volume name
Last mounted dir: /media/sdb Last mounted volume
File system creation: 3/11/2014 4:23:03 PM Date file system was created
Min. inode size: 28
New inode size: 28
Flags: 1 (SIGNED_DIR_HASH)
RAID stride: 0
RAID stripe width: 0
KB written: 1,007,125 Number KB written to this file system over its lifetime
# errors seen: 0
1st error time: 12/31/1969 2:00:00 PM
1st error inode: 0
1st error block: 0
1st error func:
1st error line: 0
last error time: 12/31/1969 2:00:00 PM
last error inode: 0
last error block: 0
last error func:
last error line: 0
EXT Recovery Tree
Tree: EXT, 246 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 6 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 239 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 972,877,063 Total size of files

 

HFS+ File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
HFS
3.59 GB
91% @ 5%
3.59 GB HFS+ partition
covering 91% of a 3.91 GB drive
and beginning at 5%
File system: HFS File system
Size: 3.59 GB Capacity
Location: Sector 409,642 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 409,640 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 8 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 7,520,176 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 940,022 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 0/0 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: H>409640@409642 HB@7929814 ceaf, miw, 33  
Source: H33  
Recovery tree: Tree HFS+, 113 entries Recovery Tree has 113 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 83 Number of files
Total directories: 29 Number of directories
Total file size: 44.6 MB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 113 # entries in dirhash
Volume header sector: 409642 Sector number volume head was found
HFS+ Signature: H+  
Version: 4  
Attributes: 0x80002100  
Last mounted version: HFSJ  
Attr interpreted: [umnted][b13]  
Reserved: 00 00 00 1E  
Created: 2/7/2017 8:30:24 PM  
Modified: 2/8/2017 4:36:19 AM  
Backuped: 1/1/1904  
Checked: 2/8/2017 4:30:24 AM  
File count: 83  
Folder count: 28  
Block size: 4096  
Total blocks: 940022  
Free blocks: 924455  
Next allocation: 294912  
Rsrc clump size: 65536  
Data clump size: 65536  
Next catalog ID: 158  
Write count: 314  
Encodings bitmap: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01  
Finder info: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 34 21 92 07 CF D3 0C
Allocation file: 118,784 bytes (29 blocks) 1(29) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
Extents file: 4,194,304 bytes (1,024 blocks) 2079(1024) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
Catalog file: 6,291,456 bytes (1,536 blocks) 19999(1536) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
Attributes file: 6,291,456 bytes (1,536 blocks) 3103(1536) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
Startup file: 0 bytes (0 blocks) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
HFS+ Recovery Tree
Tree: HFS+, 113 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 29 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 83 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 46,718,848 Total size of files

 

APFS File System Details
Name Example Value Description
Tile:
APFS
3.69 GB
94% @ 5%
3.69 GB APFS partition
covering 94% of a 3.89 GB drive
and beginning at 5%
File system: HFS File system
Size: 3.69 GB Capacity
Location: Sector 409,640 Start of file system
Cluster0: Sector 409,640 Location of hypothetical cluster 0
Cluster size: 8 sectors Cluster size
Phys. sector size: 512 bytes Bytes per Sector (512 or 4096)
Total sectors: 7,743,408 Total number of sectors
Total clusters: 967,926 Total number of clusters
Data matches/rel: 0/0 CS-SS matches/Percent
Source details: N23>409640@409640  
Source: N23  
Recovery tree: Tree APFS, 167064 entries Recovery Tree has 167064 entries
(files & directories), see details below
Total files: 166,746 Number of files
Total directories: 317 Number of directories
Total file size: 3.17 GB Total size of files
# dirhash entries: 167,064 # entries in dirhash
NXSB: 409640 Sector number the NXSB was found
Checksum: 0xB1EB4FF28F8C3436  
NodeID: 1  
Version: 6,016  
BlockType: 0x80000001/0  
Magic: NXSB  
Block size: 4,096 bytes  
Total blocks: 967,926  
UUID: 2FAD7025-D5D1-4F43-A735-802BD787A951
Next free node ID#: 17,544  
Next version: 6,017  
Superblock area blk cnt: 44  
Spaceman area blk cnt: 3,772  
Superblock area start blk: 1  
Spaceman area start blk: 45  
Next superblock map blk: 20  
Next spaceman blk: 2,427  
Cur superblock map blk: 18  
Cur superblock map blk cnt: 2  
Cur spaceman blk: 2,423  
Cur spaceman blk cnt: 4  
Spaceman node ID#: 1,024  
Volume root blk#: 317,939
Max volumes: 8
Volume node IDs: 1,026 CAPTURE 5/11/2020 11:36:22 PM
APFS Recovery Tree
Tree: APFS, 167064 entries Tree root name, number of files & directories
Swap to: Memory Swap area: Memory, Disk, or Auto
Total directories: 317 # directories in Recovery Tree
Total files: 166,746 # files in Recovery Tree
Total size: 3,405,157,602 Total size of files

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