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General Software Discussion / Re: Recreate files but without content to target drive
« on: June 10, 2009, 07:10 AM »
SkWire that's perfect! :up: :up: And exactly what i had in mind! Pure genius! I tried it out and works. And you guys did this in less than 24 hours! Sending some credits your way.
And you are right, I needed the 0 byte files not just the folders.
Some further thoughts. The test zip file i created has 18,375 files and weighs in at 3.27 MB. That must mean that the filenames storage takes up that much space. And that zips don't optimize that part? or something else?
Scanning for files was slower than everything/locate, i don't know how they do it, but they can scan filenames super fast. just a thought, to see if it could be sped up. Since you don't actually need to touch the file, and just need the information from the MFT.
The date/time is not preserved for filenames. This was not an original requirement but when i think about it, it's better to have that information preserved (not required though). If it will make the program slower then it should not be there (or maybe as an optional thing).
Can you share your ideas on how you did it? You used IZarc to compress, did you just use flags for the command line , or dump the filename list and then create the zip?
Fabulous work!
And you are right, I needed the 0 byte files not just the folders.
Some further thoughts. The test zip file i created has 18,375 files and weighs in at 3.27 MB. That must mean that the filenames storage takes up that much space. And that zips don't optimize that part? or something else?
Scanning for files was slower than everything/locate, i don't know how they do it, but they can scan filenames super fast. just a thought, to see if it could be sped up. Since you don't actually need to touch the file, and just need the information from the MFT.
The date/time is not preserved for filenames. This was not an original requirement but when i think about it, it's better to have that information preserved (not required though). If it will make the program slower then it should not be there (or maybe as an optional thing).
Can you share your ideas on how you did it? You used IZarc to compress, did you just use flags for the command line , or dump the filename list and then create the zip?
Fabulous work!