How can I find physical address of my files on hard disc

Question

Suppose, I save a file on my hard disc drive(for example c:\abc.txt) that system file of my drive is in system file FAT32 or NTFS, I want to find physical address of this file for example sector number XXXXX to sector number yyyyy. please help me.

Answer 1

The tool you are looking for is called "nfi.exe" which is (used to be) part of the "oem support tools".

Answer 2

For FAT:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Technical_design
• http://home.teleport.com/~brainy/fat32.htm

For NTFS:

• http://www.ntfs.com/