Defragment. File and Disk Utilities: Sysinternals Center, Microsoft TechNet. Streams. Introduction The NTFS file system provides applications the ability to create alternate data streams of information.
By default, all data is stored in a file's main unnamed data stream, but by using the syntax 'file:stream', you are able to read and write to alternates. Not all applications are written to access alternate streams, but you can demonstrate streams very simply. First, change to a directory on a NTFS drive from within a command prompt. Sync. Windows Sysinternals: Documentation, downloads and additional re.