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System and method for obtaining file information and data locations

  • US 20070203884A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2006
  • Published: 08/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for accessing file information from a data storage device comprising:

  • identifying a starting location, within the data storage device, of a file table, wherein the file table includes an entry for the file table and entries for other files stored on the data storage device;

    accessing a data attribute within the entry for the file table, the data attribute including pointers to other locations where portions of the file table are stored on the data storage device;

    locating, utilizing the pointers to the other locations, an entry in the file table for each of the other files; and

    retrieving, relative to each entry in the file table for each of the other files, attribute information for at least one attribute of each of the other files.

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