NTFS Volume layout

• • • Bootsector with NTFS bootcode
    • Some fixed volume-information, pointer to MFT and MFT-spare
    • MFT zone is reserved to reduce fragmentation of the MFT, but will be used for data if FS gets full
    • MFT itself is a regular file, so CAN and WILL get fragmented
    • Rest of space is for all external attributes, not stored in the MFT records themselves ...