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The article presents a question and answer advisories in managing NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS). The application of the Microsoft.NET Framework gives the functionality in enumerating all of the ADS. Significantly, BackupRead is an important tool in finding about each of the ADS that make up the target file. On the other hand, the FindFirstFile or FindNextFile are used when one is using Windows Server 2003 when enumerating ADS. The author points out that assessing the full path to the target file, the level of detail in the returned data, and a pointer to a WIN32_FIND_STREAM_DATA structure when using FindFirstStreamW. BackupRead and BuckupSeek are applied when using Windows XP and Windows 2000 as operating system. Finally, when testing the code, one must create a file that has ADS using echo command at the command prompt.