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VACB arrays, Systemwide Cache Data Structures
VACB index arrays, Per-File Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data Structures
VACBs (virtual address control blocks), Cache Virtual Memory ManagementCache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Physical Size, Cache Data Structures, Systemwide Cache Data Structures
cache data structures, Cache Data Structures
cache manager, Cache Virtual Memory ManagementCache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size
cache slots, Cache Physical Size
structure, Systemwide Cache Data Structures
VAD trees, Invalid PTEs
VADs (virtual address descriptors), Reserving and Committing Pages, Allocation Granularity, Page Directories, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address DescriptorsProcess VADs, Process VADs, Process VADs, Process VADs, Rotate VADs, Rotate VADs, Explicit File I/O
granular allocation, Allocation Granularity
memory manager, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address Descriptors, Rotate VADs
page faults, Explicit File I/O
page table creation, Page Directories
process, Virtual Address DescriptorsProcess VADs, Process VADs, Process VADs
process address space, Reserving and Committing Pages
rotate, Rotate VADs
viewing, Process VADs
Valid (Active) PFN state, Page Frame Number Database, Page Frame Number Database
Valid bit (PTEs), Page Tables and Page Table Entries
valid pages, Prototype PTEs, PFN Data Structures
valid PTE bits, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
valid PTE fields, Page Tables and Page Table EntriesPage Tables and Page Table Entries, Page Tables and Page Table Entries, Page Tables and Page Table Entries
valid PTEs, PFN Data Structures
valid shared pages, Prototype PTEs
validation (heap debugging), Heap Debugging Features
VBO (virtual byte offset), Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writing
VCNs (virtual cluster numbers), Master File Table, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Compressing Nonsparse Data
compressed files, Compressing Nonsparse Data
VCN-to-LCN mapping, Master File Table, Resident and Nonresident Attributes
VDM (Virtual DOS Machine), Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
Vdrvroot driver, Attaching VHDs
VDS (Virtual Disk Service), Dynamic Disks, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service
VDS Basic Provider, Virtual Disk Service
VDS Dynamic Provider, Virtual Disk Service
vendor IDs (VIDs), Device Stack Driver Loading
verbose analysis, Verbose Analysis, Verbose Analysis, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection, Stack Trashes
verification, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special PoolBuffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier
enabling special pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special PoolBuffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
Verify Image Signatures option, Images That Start Automatically
version numbers, displaying, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
versioning information, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
Very Low I/O priority, I/O Priorities, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps
VESA display modes, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
Vf* functions, Driver Verifier
VfLoadDriver function, Driver Verifier
VGA display drivers, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, Driver Loading in Safe Mode
VGA display, crashes and, The Blue Screen
vga element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
VGA font files, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
vgaoem.fon file, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
Vhdmp miniport driver, Attaching VHDs
VHDs (virtual hard disks), Storage Management, Virtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Hard Disk Support
video adapters, Types of Device Drivers, Windows Client Memory Limits, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
video drivers, Rotate VADs, Smss, Csrss, and Wininit
video port drivers, Layered Drivers
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
view indexes, Indexing
views (virtual address space), Reserving and Committing Pages, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Copy-on-WriteCopy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Prototype PTEs, Cache Virtual Memory Management, Systemwide Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data Structures
cache virtual memory management, Cache Virtual Memory Management
copy-on-write, Copy-on-WriteCopy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write
mapped into cache, Per-File Cache Data Structures
preallocated for VACBs, Systemwide Cache Data Structures
prototype PTEs, Prototype PTEs
section objects, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Shared Memory and Mapped Files
shared page mapping, Reserving and Committing Pages
virtual address space, Completing an I/O Request, Memory Management, Introduction to the Memory Manager, Introduction to the Memory Manager, Services Provided by the Memory Manager, Large and Small Pages, Large and Small Pages, Large and Small PagesReserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Virtual Address Descriptors, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamics, The Memory Manager
fast allocation, Virtual Address Descriptors
I/O completion, Completing an I/O Request
mapping files into, The Memory Manager
mapping into physical memory, Introduction to the Memory Manager
memory manager, Memory Management
pages, Services Provided by the Memory Manager, Large and Small Pages, Large and Small Pages
reserving/committing pages, Large and Small PagesReserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages
viewing allocations, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamics
vs. physical memory, Introduction to the Memory Manager
virtual address space layouts, x86 System Address Space Layout, x86 Session Space, System Page Table Entries, System Page Table Entries, Windows x64 16-TB LimitationDynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space ManagementSystem Virtual Address Space Quotas, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, User Address Space Layout, Image Randomization
dynamic management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space ManagementSystem Virtual Address Space Quotas, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, System Virtual Address Space Quotas
memory manager, x86 Session Space, System Page Table Entries, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, User Address Space Layout, Image Randomization
session space, x86 System Address Space Layout
system PTEs, System Page Table Entries
x64 limitations, Windows x64 16-TB LimitationDynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management
virtual addresses, Windows x64 16-TB Limitation, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Working Set Management, Working Set Management, Tracing and Logging, File System Interfaces
virtual allocator, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management
virtual block caching, Key Features of the Cache Manager, Virtual Block Caching
virtual bus drivers, Device Enumeration
virtual byte offset (VBO), Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writing
virtual bytes, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit
virtual clients, Log Types
virtual devices, User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)
Virtual Disk Service (VDS), Dynamic Disks, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Hard Disk Support
Virtual DOS Machine (VDM), Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
virtual FCBs, Log Types
virtual files, Typical I/O Processing
virtual hard disks (VHDs), Storage Management, Virtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Hard Disk Support
virtual log LSNs, Owner Pages
virtual LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNsTranslating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs
Virtual Machine Extensions (VME), Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
virtual machines (VMs), Virtual Hard Disk Support, When There Is No Crash Dump, When There Is No Crash Dump
virtual memory, Mapped File I/O and File Caching, Introduction to the Memory Manager, Services Provided by the Memory Manager, Reserving and Committing Pages, Physical Memory Limits32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, Windows Client Memory Limits, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, Cache Virtual Memory Management, Cache Working Set Size, Fast I/O, Fast I/O
cache manager, Cache Virtual Memory Management, Cache Working Set Size
Control Panel applet, Introduction to the Memory Manager
fast I/O, Fast I/O, Fast I/O
functions, Services Provided by the Memory Manager
limits, Physical Memory Limits32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, Windows Client Memory Limits, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits
mapped file I/O, Mapped File I/O and File Caching
releasing or decommitting pages, Reserving and Committing Pages
virtual NVRAM stores, Unified Caching
virtual page numbers, x86 Virtual Address Translation, x86 Virtual Address Translation
virtual pages, Memory Manager Components, Placement Policy, Working Set Management
Virtual PC, Virtual Hard Disk Support
virtual size, Pool Sizes
paged pool, Pool Sizes
virtual storage (SANs), Storage Management, Disk Class, Port, and Miniport Drivers
virtual TLB entries, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
virtual-address-to-working-set pairs, Tracing and Logging
virtual-to-physical memory translation, Protecting Memory
VirtualAlloc functions, Large and Small Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Address Windowing Extensions, Types of Heaps, x86 Address Space Layouts, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit LimitCommit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Virtual Address Descriptors
backing stores, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit
committed storage, Commit Charge and the System Commit LimitCommit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit
growth in allocations, x86 Address Space Layouts
large memory regions, Types of Heaps, Virtual Address Descriptors
large pages, Large and Small Pages
mapping views, Address Windowing Extensions
private pages, Reserving and Committing Pages
VirtualFree functions, Reserving and Committing Pages
VirtualLock function, Locking Memory
VirtualProtect functions, Protecting MemoryProtecting Memory, Protecting Memory
VirtualQuery functions, Protecting MemoryProtecting Memory, Protecting Memory
Virtualxxx functions, Services Provided by the Memory Manager
virus scanning, I/O Prioritization, File System Filter Drivers
VMMap utility, Examining Memory Usage, User Address Space Layout, User Address Space Layout, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamics
vnodes, Opening Devices
volatile data, Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writing
volatile physical NVRAM cache, Unified Caching
VolMgr driver, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager, Multipartition Volume Management
VolMgr-Internal GUID, The Mount Manager
VolMgrX driver, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager, Multipartition Volume Management
Volsnap.sys driver, Shadow Copy ProviderUses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windows
volume book records (VBRs), Volume Mounting, Master File Table, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Preboot
volume device objects, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting
volume entries (LDM), The LDM DatabaseThe LDM Database, The LDM Database, The LDM Database
volume file (, NTFS On-Disk Structure, Master File Table, Master File Table
volume label file (, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
volume manager (VolMgr), Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered DriversI/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers, Disk Device Objects, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager, Multipartition Volume Management, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
associated IRPs, I/O Requests to Layered DriversI/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers
basic disks, Basic Disk Volume Manager
disk offset management, Multipartition Volume Management
dynamic disks, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager
layering drivers, Layered Drivers
recovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
symbolic links, Disk Device Objects
volume master keys (VMKs), Encryption Keys, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process
volume namespace mechanism, The Volume NamespaceVolume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting
volume namespaces, The Volume NamespaceVolume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting
volume objects, Volume I/O Operations, Explicit File I/O
volume quotas, Per-User Volume Quotas, Per-User Volume Quotas
volume sets (spanned volumes), Spanned Volumes
Volume Shadow Copy Driver, Shadow Copy ProviderUses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windows
volume-recognition process, Volume Mounting
volumes, Storage Terminology, Storage Terminology, Volume Management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Dynamic DisksMultipartition Volume Management, The LDM Database, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Multipartition Volume ManagementRAID-5 Volumes, Multipartition Volume Management, Mirrored Volumes, RAID-5 Volumes, Volume I/O Operations, Virtual Disk ServiceVirtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Hard Disk Support, Nested File Systems, Nested File Systems, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Key Recovery, Full-Volume Encryption Driver, BitLocker To Go, Shadow Copies, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, General Indexing Facility, Defragmentation, NTFS On-Disk Structure, File Records, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Design, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery, Self-Healing
basic disk partitions, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
basic disks, Volume Management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager
clone and original volumes, Shadow Copies
compression, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data
defragmentation, Defragmentation
dependent, Nested File Systems
dynamic, Dynamic DisksMultipartition Volume Management, The LDM Database, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Multipartition Volume Management
encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process, Full-Volume Encryption Driver, BitLocker To Go
FAT cluster sizes, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32
foreign, BitLocker Key Recovery
I/O operations, Volume I/O Operations
indexing, General Indexing Facility
multipartition, Storage Terminology, Multipartition Volume ManagementRAID-5 Volumes, Mirrored Volumes, RAID-5 Volumes
NTFS on-disk structure, NTFS On-Disk Structure
recovery, Design
redundant, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
self-healing, Self-Healing
simple, Storage Terminology
snapshots, Nested File Systems
VDS subsystem, Virtual Disk ServiceVirtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Hard Disk Support
version and labels, File Records
VOLUME_NAME attribute, File Records
VPBs (volume parameter blocks), Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Local FSDs, Explicit File I/O
device objects, Explicit File I/O
file system drivers, Volume Mounting
I/O manager, Local FSDs
mount operations, Volume Mounting
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), VSS Architecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, VSS OperationUses in Windows, VSS Operation, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy ProviderConclusion, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windows, Uses in Windows, Backup, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, Conclusion, Dynamic PartitioningNTFS File System Driver, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS File System Driver
architecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation
operation, VSS OperationUses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windows
shrinking volumes, Dynamic PartitioningNTFS File System Driver, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS File System Driver
storage management, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider
VSS providers, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, Uses in Windows
VSS requestors, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation
Windows backup/restore, Shadow Copy ProviderConclusion, Backup, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, Conclusion
Vssadmin utility, Previous Versions and System RestoreConclusion, Conclusion