Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 (Pro-Developer)

Filesystems

Windows NT File System Internals : A Developer's Guide

Format: Paperback
Author: Rajeev Nagar
ReleaseDate: 01 September, 1997
Publisher: O'Reilly
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Very unique but has to be read with other recent materials.
It has been the only complete text book that explains the details of the Windows NT File Systems Framework. This book is by far, one of my most favorite books. If you are to buy the book these days you would not feel the value of the book as I felt it when I started reading it six years ago. Nowadays, there are some other literatures that provides deeper coverage for certain topics like the OSR materials and the first IFS conference (both are available as part of the IFS kit). But still, the book remains the only complete reference. To get most of the benefits of this book, it is better that you look at the FASTFAT source code that comes with the IFS kit. The main drawback of the book is the lack of deep coverage for network based file system drivers. OSR materials provided with the IFS kit are essential to have better knowledge about File System FILTER drivers. Read the book while watching the videos of the first IFS kit conference, this will help a lot. Finally, if you are new to file system drivers then, be more patient while reading the book. You would not get everything from the first reading.

Great info, but much repeating
It reveals great secrets, make sense of the NT IFS chaos, and make Your IFS nightmares go away. This is certainy a must have for any Windows 32-bit file system developer. It's a great book, but much of it is presented in most others, and that's the only bad thing )like memory managment, cachemamaner etc. ). Thanks, RN.