From: Mike N. 

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:03:55 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>c:\> cd $extend
>Access is denied.
>
>hmm, not even read access?
>
>c:\> cd $UpCase
>The directory name is invalid.
>
>and yet it does exist..

  Try this:
C:\>DIR /AH $MFT $MFTMirr $LogFile $Volume $AttrDef $Bitmap $Boot $BadClus
$Quota $UpCase

  (This used to work on NT but doesn't seem to work on Server 03)

 The Meta-Data is neither files nor directories, so having them appear
in the directory structure is more an accident than trying to hide them. If
you were granted any type of access beyond seeing the Meta-Data file sizes,
you would be courting disaster.

It would be a convenience to be able to get a quick view of the meta-data
and its size however.   In place of being able to see it easily from
CMD.EXE
or Explorer, you'll need the NTFSINFO tool from SysInternals to view it.

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