Windows® Internals, Sixth Edition, Part 2

VVACB arrays, Systemwide Cache Data StructuresVACB index arrays, Per-File Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data StructuresVACBs (virtual address control blocks), Cache Virtual Memory Management–Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Physical Size, Cache Data Structures, Systemwide Cache Data Structurescache data structures, Cache Data Structurescache manager, Cache Virtual Memory Management–Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Size, Cache Working Set Sizecache slots, Cache Physical Sizestructure, Systemwide Cache Data StructuresVAD trees, Invalid PTEsVADs (virtual address descriptors), Reserving and Committing Pages, Allocation Granularity, Page Directories, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address Descriptors–Process VADs, Process VADs, Process VADs, Process VADs, Rotate VADs, Rotate VADs, Explicit File I/Ogranular allocation, Allocation Granularitymemory manager, Virtual Address Descriptors, Virtual Address Descriptors, Rotate VADspage faults, Explicit File I/Opage table creation, Page Directoriesprocess, Virtual Address Descriptors–Process VADs, Process VADs, Process VADsprocess address space, Reserving and Committing Pagesrotate, Rotate VADsviewing, Process VADsValid (Active) PFN state, Page Frame Number Database, Page Frame Number DatabaseValid bit (PTEs), Page Tables and Page Table Entriesvalid pages, Prototype PTEs, PFN Data Structuresvalid PTE bits, Physical Address Extension (PAE)valid PTE fields, Page Tables and Page Table Entries–Page Tables and Page Table Entries, Page Tables and Page Table Entries, Page Tables and Page Table Entriesvalid PTEs, PFN Data Structuresvalid shared pages, Prototype PTEsvalidation (heap debugging), Heap Debugging FeaturesVBO (virtual byte offset), Write-Back Caching and Lazy WritingVCNs (virtual cluster numbers), Master File Table, Resident and Nonresident Attributes, Compressing Nonsparse Datacompressed files, Compressing Nonsparse DataVCN-to-LCN mapping, Master File Table, Resident and Nonresident AttributesVDM (Virtual DOS Machine), Initializing the Kernel and Executive SubsystemsVdrvroot driver, Attaching VHDsVDS (Virtual Disk Service), Dynamic Disks, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk ServiceVDS Basic Provider, Virtual Disk ServiceVDS Dynamic Provider, Virtual Disk Servicevendor IDs (VIDs), Device Stack Driver Loadingverbose analysis, Verbose Analysis, Verbose Analysis, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Code Overwrite and System Code Write Protection, Stack Trashesverification, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool–Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special PoolDriver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifier, Driver Verifierenabling special pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool–Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special Pool, Buffer Overruns, Memory Corruption, and Special PoolVerify Image Signatures option, Images That Start Automaticallyversion numbers, displaying, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgrversioning information, Initializing the Kernel and Executive SubsystemsVery Low I/O priority, I/O Priorities, I/O Priority Boosts and Bumps, I/O Priority Boosts and BumpsVESA display modes, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrVf* functions, Driver VerifierVfLoadDriver function, Driver VerifierVGA display drivers, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgr, Driver Loading in Safe ModeVGA display, crashes and, The Blue Screenvga element, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrVGA font files, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgrvgaoem.fon file, The BIOS Boot Sector and BootmgrVhdmp miniport driver, Attaching VHDsVHDs (virtual hard disks), Storage Management, Virtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Hard Disk Supportvideo adapters, Types of Device Drivers, Windows Client Memory Limits, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgrvideo drivers, Rotate VADs, Smss, Csrss, and Wininitvideo port drivers, Layered DriversVIDEO_TDR_FAILURE stop code, Causes of Windows Crashesview indexes, Indexingviews (virtual address space), Reserving and Committing Pages, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Copy-on-Write–Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Prototype PTEs, Cache Virtual Memory Management, Systemwide Cache Data Structures, Per-File Cache Data Structurescache virtual memory management, Cache Virtual Memory Managementcopy-on-write, Copy-on-Write–Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Write, Copy-on-Writemapped into cache, Per-File Cache Data Structurespreallocated for VACBs, Systemwide Cache Data Structuresprototype PTEs, Prototype PTEssection objects, Shared Memory and Mapped Files, Shared Memory and Mapped Filesshared page mapping, Reserving and Committing Pagesvirtual 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 Pages–Reserving 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 Managerfast allocation, Virtual Address DescriptorsI/O completion, Completing an I/O Requestmapping files into, The Memory Managermapping into physical memory, Introduction to the Memory Managermemory manager, Memory Managementpages, Services Provided by the Memory Manager, Large and Small Pages, Large and Small Pagesreserving/committing pages, Large and Small Pages–Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pages, Reserving and Committing Pagesviewing allocations, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamicsvs. physical memory, Introduction to the Memory Managervirtual address space layouts, x86 System Address Space Layout, x86 Session Space, System Page Table Entries, System Page Table Entries, Windows x64 16-TB Limitation–Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management–System 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 Randomizationdynamic management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management–System Virtual Address Space Quotas, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, System Virtual Address Space Quotasmemory manager, x86 Session Space, System Page Table Entries, System Virtual Address Space Quotas, User Address Space Layout, Image Randomizationsession space, x86 System Address Space Layoutsystem PTEs, System Page Table Entriesx64 limitations, Windows x64 16-TB Limitation–Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Management, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Managementvirtual 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 Interfacesvirtual allocator, Dynamic System Virtual Address Space Managementvirtual block caching, Key Features of the Cache Manager, Virtual Block Cachingvirtual bus drivers, Device Enumerationvirtual byte offset (VBO), Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writingvirtual bytes, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limitvirtual clients, Log Typesvirtual devices, User-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF)Virtual Disk Service (VDS), Dynamic Disks, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Hard Disk SupportVirtual DOS Machine (VDM), Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystemsvirtual FCBs, Log Typesvirtual files, Typical I/O Processingvirtual hard disks (VHDs), Storage Management, Virtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Hard Disk Supportvirtual log LSNs, Owner Pagesvirtual LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs–Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNs, Translating Virtual LSNs to Physical LSNsVirtual Machine Extensions (VME), Initializing the Kernel and Executive Subsystemsvirtual machines (VMs), Virtual Hard Disk Support, When There Is No Crash Dump, When There Is No Crash Dumpvirtual 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 Limits–32-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/Ocache manager, Cache Virtual Memory Management, Cache Working Set SizeControl Panel applet, Introduction to the Memory Managerfast I/O, Fast I/O, Fast I/Ofunctions, Services Provided by the Memory Managerlimits, Physical Memory Limits–32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limits, Windows Client Memory Limits, 32-Bit Client Effective Memory Limitsmapped file I/O, Mapped File I/O and File Cachingreleasing or decommitting pages, Reserving and Committing Pagesvirtual NVRAM stores, Unified Cachingvirtual page numbers, x86 Virtual Address Translation, x86 Virtual Address Translationvirtual pages, Memory Manager Components, Placement Policy, Working Set ManagementVirtual PC, Virtual Hard Disk Supportvirtual size, Pool Sizespaged pool, Pool Sizesvirtual storage (SANs), Storage Management, Disk Class, Port, and Miniport Driversvirtual TLB entries, The BIOS Boot Sector and Bootmgrvirtual-address-to-working-set pairs, Tracing and Loggingvirtual-to-physical memory translation, Protecting MemoryVirtualAlloc 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 Limit–Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Virtual Address Descriptorsbacking stores, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limitcommitted storage, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit–Commit Charge and the System Commit Limit, Commit Charge and the System Commit Limitgrowth in allocations, x86 Address Space Layoutslarge memory regions, Types of Heaps, Virtual Address Descriptorslarge pages, Large and Small Pagesmapping views, Address Windowing Extensionsprivate pages, Reserving and Committing PagesVirtualFree functions, Reserving and Committing PagesVirtualLock function, Locking MemoryVirtualProtect functions, Protecting Memory–Protecting Memory, Protecting MemoryVirtualQuery functions, Protecting Memory–Protecting Memory, Protecting MemoryVirtualxxx functions, Services Provided by the Memory Managervirus scanning, I/O Prioritization, File System Filter DriversVMMap utility, Examining Memory Usage, User Address Space Layout, User Address Space Layout, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamics, Page List Dynamicsvnodes, Opening Devicesvolatile data, Write-Back Caching and Lazy Writingvolatile physical NVRAM cache, Unified CachingVolMgr driver, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager, Multipartition Volume ManagementVolMgr-Internal GUID, The Mount ManagerVolMgrX driver, Dynamic Disk Volume Manager, Multipartition Volume ManagementVolsnap.sys driver, Shadow Copy Provider–Uses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windowsvolume book records (VBRs), Volume Mounting, Master File Table, BIOS Preboot, BIOS Prebootvolume device objects, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Volume Mounting, Volume Mountingvolume entries (LDM), The LDM Database–The LDM Database, The LDM Database, The LDM Databasevolume file (, NTFS On-Disk Structure, Master File Table, Master File Tablevolume label file (, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recoveryvolume manager (VolMgr), Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers–I/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 Recoveryassociated IRPs, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers–I/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Drivers, I/O Requests to Layered Driversbasic disks, Basic Disk Volume Managerdisk offset management, Multipartition Volume Managementdynamic disks, Dynamic Disk Volume Managerlayering drivers, Layered Driversrecovery, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recoverysymbolic links, Disk Device Objectsvolume master keys (VMKs), Encryption Keys, Encryption Keys, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Process, BitLocker Boot Processvolume namespace mechanism, The Volume Namespace–Volume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mountingvolume namespaces, The Volume Namespace–Volume Mounting, The Mount Manager, Mount Points, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Volume Mountingvolume objects, Volume I/O Operations, Explicit File I/Ovolume quotas, Per-User Volume Quotas, Per-User Volume Quotasvolume sets (spanned volumes), Spanned VolumesVolume Shadow Copy Driver, Shadow Copy Provider–Uses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windowsvolume-recognition process, Volume Mountingvolumes, Storage Terminology, Storage Terminology, Volume Management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Manager, Dynamic Disks–Multipartition Volume Management, The LDM Database, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Multipartition Volume Management–RAID-5 Volumes, Multipartition Volume Management, Mirrored Volumes, RAID-5 Volumes, Volume I/O Operations, Virtual Disk Service–Virtual 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 FAT32–FAT12, 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-Healingbasic disk partitions, GUID Partition Table Partitioningbasic disks, Volume Management, GUID Partition Table Partitioning, Basic Disk Volume Managerclone and original volumes, Shadow Copiescompression, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Data Compression and Sparse Files, Compressing Nonsparse Data, Compressing Nonsparse Datadefragmentation, Defragmentationdependent, Nested File Systemsdynamic, Dynamic Disks–Multipartition Volume Management, The LDM Database, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, LDM and GPT or MBR-Style Partitioning, Multipartition Volume Managementencryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), BitLocker Boot Process, Full-Volume Encryption Driver, BitLocker To GoFAT cluster sizes, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32–FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32foreign, BitLocker Key RecoveryI/O operations, Volume I/O Operationsindexing, General Indexing Facilitymultipartition, Storage Terminology, Multipartition Volume Management–RAID-5 Volumes, Mirrored Volumes, RAID-5 VolumesNTFS on-disk structure, NTFS On-Disk Structurerecovery, Designredundant, NTFS Bad-Cluster Recoveryself-healing, Self-Healingsimple, Storage Terminologysnapshots, Nested File SystemsVDS subsystem, Virtual Disk Service–Virtual Hard Disk Support, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Disk Service, Virtual Hard Disk Supportversion and labels, File RecordsVOLUME_NAME attribute, File RecordsVPBs (volume parameter blocks), Volume Mounting, Volume Mounting, Local FSDs, Explicit File I/Odevice objects, Explicit File I/Ofile system drivers, Volume MountingI/O manager, Local FSDsmount operations, Volume MountingVSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), VSS Architecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, VSS Operation–Uses in Windows, VSS Operation, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider–Conclusion, 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 Partitioning–NTFS File System Driver, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS File System Driverarchitecture, VSS Architecture, VSS Operationoperation, VSS Operation–Uses in Windows, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy Provider, Uses in Windowsshrinking volumes, Dynamic Partitioning–NTFS File System Driver, Dynamic Partitioning, NTFS File System Driverstorage management, Shadow Copy Provider, Shadow Copy ProviderVSS providers, VSS Architecture, VSS Operation, VSS Operation, Uses in WindowsVSS requestors, VSS Architecture, VSS OperationWindows backup/restore, Shadow Copy Provider–Conclusion, Backup, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, Previous Versions and System Restore, ConclusionVssadmin utility, Previous Versions and System Restore–Conclusion, Conclusion