https://github.com/kacos2000/mft_browser

$MFT directory tree reconstruction & FILE record info
https://github.com/kacos2000/mft_browser

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$MFT directory tree reconstruction & FILE record info

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kacos2000/mft_browser
• Owner: kacos2000
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-12-26T02:28:52.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-28T16:01:07.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T13:28:20.016Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: carve, carver, directory-tree, extract, file, gui, gui-application, metadata-information, mft, mft-browser, mft-files, ntfs, powershell, record, signed, winform
• Language: PowerShell
• Homepage: https://kacos2000.github.io/MFT_Browser/
• Size: 32.2 MB
• Stars: 281
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 31
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# [MFT_Browser](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/releases/latest)

[![MFTbrowser Video](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/master/I/undefined-high.gif)](https://vimeo.com/890690247 "$MFT Browser - Click to Watch!")

- Recreates the File/Directory tree structure from an *(extracted)* $MFT file.

- Supports both 1024 & 4096 byte long records

- Able to carve FILE records & recreate a Directory tree from a Raw Image (v.60+)

- Able to extract the $MFT & recreate the Directory tree from a mounted NTFS volume (Volume must have a drive letter) (v.60+)




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==> **[Latest Version](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/releases/latest)** <==

[Dependencies] 

- [.NET Framework 4.8](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net48)

- [Powershell Version:  5.1](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/windows-powershell/install/windows-powershell-system-requirements?view=powershell-5.1)

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- 'Node Properties' right click option or Double clicking on any file/directory entry gets the full MFT details for that record

- Clicking on any detail of the record, shows the source of the detail in the Hex view grid.

- All timestamps are in UTC

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Standalone GUI Calc for Dataruns:


=> [MFT_dataruns](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_dataruns)

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### Note:

Recreating the directory tree from large MFT files might take a lot of time, *(possibly hour(s))*, as it needs to map each child record to it's parent node, and as the structure grows, the time needed grows exponentially.

  

- [$MFT Structures *(pdf)*](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/blob/master/MFT%20Structures.pdf)

- [Using MFTbrowser *(pdf)*](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/blob/master/Using%20MFTBrowser.pdf) 

- [How to view a single record from a large MFT file *(pdf)*](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/blob/master/How%20to%20view%20a%20single%20record%20from%20a%20large%20MFT%20file.pdf)


- [Reparse point examples *(pdf)*](https://github.com/kacos2000/MFT_Browser/raw/master/reparse%20point%20examples.pdf)


- Small test $MFT files to play with, can be found [here](https://github.com/EricZimmerman/MFT/tree/3bed2626ee85e9a96a6db70a17407d0c3696056a/MFT.Test/TestFiles) and [here](https://github.com/msuhanov/dfir_ntfs/tree/master/test_data)