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thewhiteninja
commented on September 9, 2024
You can backup the $MFT table (with the records) (extract) but restoring only the $MFT will probably (I would say at 99%) break the filesystem as the $MFT is closely linked to the file data.
If chkdsk modify the $MFT and some data (ex: move a file), if you restore the old $MFT, you will lost some data.
The only and the best solution is to backup the whole disk/partition and, if chkdsk messed up the filesystem, restore it.
The ntfstool is not made for backup/restore. But you can backup a drive or volume using the image command and restore using tools that support raw/dd image like Rufus
Comparing two $MFTs is not easy as the differences can be anywhere, but it's might be possible using a Hex Editor and some time :)
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