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name logging traces, Tracing and Logging
name resolution, Explicit File I/O
named data attributes, File Records
Named Pipe File System (Npfs) driver, IRP Stack Locations
named pipe file system drivers, Smss, Csrss, and Wininit
named pipes, Using Completion Ports, When There Is No Crash Dump, When There Is No Crash Dump
named streams, UDF, Multiple Data Streams, NTFS File System Driver
namespace subdirectories, Disk Device Objects
namespaces, The Mount ManagerVolume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Link TrackingEncryption, Link Tracking, Encryption
shell, Link TrackingEncryption, Link Tracking, Encryption
volumes, The Mount ManagerVolume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting
naming, I/O System, Disk Device Objects, Shared Memory and Mapped Files
disk class drivers, Disk Device Objects
I/O system, I/O System
section objects, Shared Memory and Mapped Files
NAND-type flash memory, Solid State DisksFile Deletion and the Trim Command, NAND-Type Flash Memory, File Deletion and the Trim Command, File Deletion and the Trim Command
NAS (network-attached storage), Booting from iSCSI
National Language System (NLS) files, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
native applications, BIOS Preboot, Smss, Csrss, and Wininit
NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification), Layered Drivers
neither I/O, IRP Buffer Management, IRP Buffer Management
nested file systems, Nested File Systems
nested partitions, GUID Partition Table Partitioning
nesting VHDs, Virtual Hard Disk Support
.NET Framework, Resource Managers
network adapters, Types of Device Drivers, The Start Value, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits
network API drivers, Types of Device Drivers
network devices, Types of Device Drivers, The Plug and Play (PnP) Manager, Caching with the Direct Memory Access Interfaces
Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Layered Drivers
network endpoints, Using Completion Ports
network file system drivers, User-Initiated I/O Cancellation, NTFS File System Driver
network interface controller ROM, Booting from iSCSI
network protocol drivers, Fast I/O
network providers, Smss, Csrss, and Wininit
network redirectors, Cache Coherency, Write Throttling
network storage management, Storage Management
Network subkey, Driver Loading in Safe Mode, Driver Loading in Safe Mode
network-attached storage (NAS), Booting from iSCSI
new operator, Heap Manager
New Simple Volume wizard, Mirrored Volumes
NLS files, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
NLS object directory, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
NMI (nonmaskable interrupt), Causes of Windows Crashes, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, Hardware Malfunctions
NMICrashDump file, Hardware Malfunctions
no execute page protection (DEP), Protecting MemoryCopy-on-Write, No Execute Page Protection, No Execute Page Protection, Software Data Execution PreventionCopy-on-Write, Software Data Execution Prevention, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, User Address Space Layout, Heap Randomization, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
address space allocation, User Address Space Layout
ASLR, Heap Randomization
memory manager, Protecting MemoryCopy-on-Write, No Execute Page Protection, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write
PAE, No Execute Page Protection, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
software data execution prevention, Software Data Execution PreventionCopy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write
stack cookies and pointer encoding, Software Data Execution Prevention
No Reboot (Driver Verifier), Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool
no-execute memory, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
nocrashautoreboot element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
nodes (NUMA), NUMA
noerrordisplay element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
nointegritychecks element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
nolowmem element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
nolowmen BCD option, Physical Address Extension (PAE), Windows Client Memory Limits
Non Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA), NUMA
non-fault-tolerant volumes, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recovery
non-PAE kernel, No Execute Page Protection
non-PAE systems, x86 Virtual Address Translation, x86 Virtual Address Translation, Page Directories, Page Tables and Page Table Entries, Hardware vs. Software Write Bits in Page Table Entries
non-Plug and Play drivers, Driver Objects and Device Objects, Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF), Level of Plug and Play Support
creating device objects, Driver Objects and Device Objects
KMDF initialization routines, Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF)
PnP levels of support, Level of Plug and Play Support
nonbased sections, Section Objects
noncached I/O, Opening Devices, Scatter/Gather I/O, File System Interfaces, Explicit File I/O, Memory Manager’s Modified and Mapped Page Writer, Cache Manager’s Lazy Writer
file object attributes, Opening Devices
file objects, Explicit File I/O
IRPs, Memory Manager’s Modified and Mapped Page Writer
memory manager and, File System Interfaces
page writers, Cache Manager’s Lazy Writer
scatter/gather I/O and, Scatter/Gather I/O
noncached memory mapping, Protecting Memory
noncached read operations, File System Interfaces, Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writing
noncommitted transactions, Analysis Pass, Undo Pass
nonencoded pointers, Software Data Execution Prevention
nonmaskable interrupt (NMI), Causes of Windows Crashes, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, Hardware Malfunctions
nonpageable memory, Large and Small Pages
nonpaged look-aside lists, Look-Aside Lists
nonpaged pool, Pool SizesPool Sizes, Pool Sizes, Monitoring Pool UsageLook-Aside Lists, Monitoring Pool Usage, Look-Aside Lists, Virtual Address Space Layouts, 64-Bit Address Space Layouts, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space ManagementUser Address Space Layout, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, User Address Space Layout, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Virtual Address Descriptors, NUMA, Advanced Crash Dump AnalysisStack Trashes, Stack Trashes
address space, 64-Bit Address Space Layouts
commit charge, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit
debugging information, Advanced Crash Dump AnalysisStack Trashes, Stack Trashes
expanding, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management
memory quotas, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space ManagementUser Address Space Layout, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, User Address Space Layout
NUMA nodes, NUMA
performance counters, Monitoring Pool UsageLook-Aside Lists, Monitoring Pool Usage, Look-Aside Lists
reclaiming virtual addresses, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management
sizes, Pool SizesPool Sizes, Pool Sizes
system space, Virtual Address Space Layouts
VADs, Virtual Address Descriptors
nonpaged pool buffers, IRP Buffer Management, User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)
nonpaged pool session memory, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier
nonpaged system memory, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers
nonpower-managed queues, KMDF I/O Model
nonprototype PFNs, Page Frame Number DatabasePage Frame Number Database, Page Frame Number Database
nonresident attributes (NTFS), Resident and Nonresident AttributesData Compression and Sparse Files, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Data Compression and Sparse Files
nonsparse data, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Sparse Files, Sparse Files
nontransacted writers and readers, Isolation, Isolation, Resource Managers
nonvolatile data, Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writing
nonvolatile memory, Solid State Disks
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM), ReadyDrive, Unified Caching, The UEFI Boot Process
NOR-type flash memory, Solid State Disks
Normal I/O priority, I/O Priorities, Prioritization Strategies, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps
Notmyfault.exe, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination, I/O Cancellation for Thread Termination, Monitoring Pool Usage, Notmyfault
noumex element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
novesa element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
Npfs (Named Pipe File System) driver, IRP Stack Locations
Nt5.cat file, Driver Installation
Nt5ph.cat file, Driver Installation
Ntbtlog.txt file, Boot Logging in Safe Mode
NtCreateFile function, Opening Devices, Explicit File I/O
NtCreateIoCompletion system service, I/O Completion Port Operation
NtCreatePagingFile service, Page Files
NtDeviceIoControlFile function, IRP Buffer Management
Ntdll.dll, Opening Devices, Heap Manager, Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystems
NTFS file system, I/O System Components, File Deletion and the Trim Command, Spanned Volumes, Mount PointsVolume Mounting, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, NTFS, File System Driver Architecture, High-End File System RequirementsData Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Recoverability, Security, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Multiple Data Streams, Multiple Data StreamsHard Links, Unicode-Based Names, Unicode-Based Names, General Indexing Facility, General Indexing Facility, Hard LinksSymbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Hard Links, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Compression and Sparse Files, Per-User Volume Quotas, Per-User Volume Quotas, EncryptionDefragmentation, Encryption, POSIX Support, Defragmentation, Defragmentation, NTFS File System Driver, NTFS On-Disk Structure, Volumes, Master File Table, Master File Table, Master File Table, File Records, File Names, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Sparse Files, Sparse Files, The Change Journal FileIndexing, Indexing, Object IDs, Reparse Points, Transaction SupportNTFS Recovery Support, IsolationTransactional APIs, Isolation, Isolation, Isolation, Isolation, Transactional APIs, Transactional APIs, Resource ManagersOn-Disk Implementation, Resource Managers, On-Disk Implementation, On-Disk Implementation, On-Disk ImplementationNTFS Recovery Support, Recovery Implementation, NTFS Recovery Support, NTFS Recovery Support, NTFS Recovery SupportEncrypting File System Security, Design, Metadata Logging, Metadata LoggingRecovery, Log File Service, Recovery, Self-Healing, Encrypting File System Security, Troubleshooting Crashes
alternate data streams, NTFS
change journal file, The Change Journal FileIndexing, Indexing
clusters, NTFS, NTFS On-Disk Structure
compression, NTFS, Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Data
crash codes, Troubleshooting Crashes
data redundancy, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
data structures, NTFS File System Driver
defragmentation, Defragmentation
encryption, NTFS, EncryptionDefragmentation, Encryption, Defragmentation
file names, File Records, File Names
file system driver, File System Driver Architecture
flash memory, File Deletion and the Trim Command
hard links, NTFS, Hard LinksSymbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions
high-end requirements, High-End File System RequirementsData Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance
I/O system, I/O System Components
indexing, General Indexing Facility
isolation, IsolationTransactional APIs, Isolation, Transactional APIs
master file tables, Master File Table, Master File Table, Master File Table
metadata logging, Metadata LoggingRecovery, Log File Service, Recovery
mount points, Mount PointsVolume Mounting, Mount Points, Volume Mounting
multiple data streams, Multiple Data StreamsHard Links, Unicode-Based Names, Hard Links
object attributes, Multiple Data Streams
object IDs, Object IDs
per-user volume quotas, exFAT, Per-User Volume Quotas, Per-User Volume Quotas
POSIX support, POSIX Support
recoverability, NTFS, Recoverability, Data Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, NTFS Recovery SupportEncrypting File System Security, Design, Metadata Logging, Encrypting File System Security
reparse points, Reparse Points
resource managers, Resource ManagersOn-Disk Implementation, On-Disk Implementation
security, NTFS, Security
self-healing, Self-Healing
spanned volumes, Spanned Volumes
sparse files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Sparse Files, Sparse Files
symbolic links and junctions, NTFS, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions, Symbolic (Soft) Links and Junctions
transaction logging, On-Disk ImplementationNTFS Recovery Support, Recovery Implementation, NTFS Recovery Support
transaction support, Transaction SupportNTFS Recovery Support, Isolation, Isolation, Isolation, Transactional APIs, Resource Managers, On-Disk Implementation, NTFS Recovery Support
Unicode-based names, Unicode-Based Names, General Indexing Facility
volumes, Volumes
NTFS file system driver (Ntfs.sys), NTFS, NTFS File System Driver, NTFS File System Driver, NTFS File System Driver
NtfsCopyReadA routine, Fast I/O
NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM stop code, Causes of Windows Crashes
NtInitializeRegistry function, Smss, Csrss, and Wininit
Ntkrnlpa.exe kernel, Physical Address Extension (PAE)
NtQuerySystemInformation API, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, Logical Prefetcher
NtReadFile function, Synchronous and Asynchronous I/O, IRP Buffer Management, Explicit File I/O, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection
NtRemoverIoCompletion system service, I/O Completion Port Operation
NtSetInformationFile system service, I/O Completion Port Operation
NtSetIoCompletion system service, I/O Completion Port Operation
NtSetSystemInformation API, Scenarios
NtShutdownSystem function, Shutdown
NtWriteFile function, IRP Buffer Management, I/O Request to a Single-Layered Driver, Explicit File I/O
null modem cables, Hung or Unresponsive Systems, When There Is No Crash Dump
NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Architecture), Kernel-Mode Heaps (System Memory Pools), NUMA
NUMA I/O, Disk Class, Port, and Miniport Drivers
NUMA nodes, Disk Class, Port, and Miniport Drivers, PFN Data Structures, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
numproc element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr
NVRAM (nonvolatile RAM), ReadyDrive, Unified Caching, The UEFI Boot Process
nx element, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr