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    <p>Robert, I don't think that what you want to achieve is really possible to do without actively manipulating file system data structures for a file system which, from the sounds of it, is mounted. I don't think I have to tell you how <em>dangerous</em> and <em>unwise</em> this sort of exercise it.</p> <p>But if you <em>need</em> to do it, I guess I can give you a "sketch on the back of a napkin" to get you started:</p> <p>You could leverage the "sparse file" support of NTFS to simply add "gaps" by tweaking the LCN/VCN mappings. Once you do, just open the file, seek to the new location and write your data. NTFS will transparently allocate the space and write the data in the middle of the file, where you created a hole.</p> <p>For more, look at this page about <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363911%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer">defragmentation support</a> in NTFS for hints on how you can manipulate things a bit and allow you to insert clusters in the middle of the file. At least by using the sanctioned API for this sort of thing, you are unlikely to corrupt the filesystem beyond repair, although you can still horribly hose your file, I guess.</p> <p>Get the retrieval pointers for the file that you want, split them where you need, to add as much extra space as you need, and move the file. There's an interesting chapter on this sort of thing in the Russinovich/Ionescu "Windows Internals" book (<a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0735625301" rel="noreferrer">http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-Internals-Including-Windows-Developer/dp/0735625301</a>)</p>
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    1. POInsert bytes into middle of a file (in windows filesystem) without reading entire file (using File Allocation Table)?
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    1. COThis is pretty much what I've already figured out so far. Absent some software library that already does this, I don't expect anyone to be able to answer the question immediately, unless they've done this before. There's a 7 day window before the bounty expires. I'm willing to wait. :)
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    2. COI guess I could play with this a bit... who needs sleep anyways? ;)
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    3. CO+1 was going to reply with this :)
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