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Type 0x60 -- contains the volume name
Because drive letters such as C: or D: etc. aren't descriptive enough.
Allows NTFS volumes to have long names with special characters in different languages.
Prior to $VOLUME_NAME the only alternative was an "OEM label" located in the boot sector.
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