How to find the MFT File offset for the corresponding record in the disk

viki1987 asked:

Hi,

I have opened a disk and trying to parse the MFT record. I am able to do it. But how can i find the offset of a file that is non resident in the MFT. Does MFT have attribute for File offset in the disk? Any help on this..

Thanks in advance

Tags: C++, Windows, File system

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