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Can append only NTFS files become corrupted if power goes out?

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Mar 15, 2026260 views
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NTFS journals metadata so the file system itself doesn't corrupt if the machine goes down. I read this is not the case for file data itself. But what if the data is only appended at the end of the file? I think databases do this, so presumably it's safe, but I couldn't find documentation. I want to…

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It Depends.TM From TechNet, emphasis mine: NTFS uses transaction logging and recovery to guarantee that the volume structure is not corrupted. In theory, NTFS guarantees that either all of a volume structure update will be on disk or none of it will…

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