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NTFS doesn't store its file allocation table at the center of the disk does it?


Yes. I think it does. SysInternals' DiskView utility should be able to tell you which file it is.

Fortunately, the NTFS data structures actually have real filenames as well. You even used to be able to do "dir /a $mft" in the root of an NTFS drive to see the Master File Table, for example. It doesn't seem to work in Windows XP, though.
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