Identifying Windows Filesystem Access Errors

While profiling the Windows master file table and filesystems, a number of error messages may appear in the MFT.Aptare_File_Inventory.log file. These errors actually may require no follow-up actions. Typically, the errors are legitimate, such as a file being locked for exclusive use. Therefore, some files in the C:\Windows\System32 directory will not be profiled.


System Error	Description
2	System cannot find the file specified; This error occurs when accessing certain files in: C:\Windows\System32. On a Windows 64-bit OS, access is redirected by the filesystem to a 64-bit directory where the files in question do not exist.
3	System cannot find the path specified; This system error occurs when accessing certain files in: C:\Windows\System32. On a Windows 64-bit OS, access is redirected by the filesystem to a 64-bit directory where the files in question do not exist.
5	Access Denied; The file is accessible only to SYSTEM; for example, C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\RtBackup
32	Another process has the file opened in exclusive mode; for example, database files used by the SQL server