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QuestionAn adamantly invisible file on NTFS! How can I make it visible? Pin
bwechner15-Jan-03 15:25
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I have a file, which I know is there, but I have no way of seeing it.

Like the man on the stair Wink | ;)

As I was using Windoze XP
I met a file which wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish it'd go away!

Well, I know it is there, because reading the MFT in a binary disk editor reveals it (I'm using Runtime's DiskExplorer for NTFS - a brilliant package I can't recommend highly enough). I also know it's there because if I try to create a file with the same name, I get the following errors:

"A file with the name you specified already exists" if I use Windows explorer to
rename a file. WTF | :WTF:

"Access is denied" if I try and copy a file to this name in the command prompt window
or in the recovery console. Dead | X|

So, it exists. I see it on disk, and Explorer, Command prompt and Recovery console
all agree. The file is there.

But I can't see it in Explorer, or in the command prompt window or in the recovery console! It just plain isn't there!

Yes, I have set the options as follows in the explorer:

"Show hidden files and folders" is set
"Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" is not set

As a consequence I can see everything on my disk! Everything that is, except this one file!

What could cause this? How can I patch the MFT and/or root index entries (it's in the root directory) to make it visible? What deep dark mysteries of the NTFS are are work here.

It has only 3 MFT attributes. They are:

$10 = $STANDARD_INFORMATION<br />
$30 = $FILE_NAME<br />
$80 = $DATA


according to DiskExplorer (I've not attempted a manual decode of the MFT entry yet - DiskExplorer does it for one). It data is non-resident, it has but 1 run. More info gladly provided. What I'm fishing for is an understanding of what can possibly make a file so invisible.

Oh, "CHKDSK /R" is finds no problems with it. It's a healthy file. Just an invisible one.

Any clues? Any further tools useful in learning or diagnosing? Confused | :confused:

For anyone eager to understand the possible origins of such a bizarre file, it is the logical offshoot of the problem described in this thread:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/n1040090780[^]
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