ntfsprogs

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ntfsprogs
Latest release 2.0.0 / September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29); 257 days ago
OS Unix-like
Genre File system utilities
License GPL
Website www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsprogs

ntfsprogs is a collection of free Unix utilities for managing the NTFS filesystem used by Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Vista on a harddisk partition. 'ntfsprogs' was the first stable method of writing to NTFS partitions in Linux [1]

All NTFS versions are supported, used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. ntfsprogs remains a popular way of interacting with NTFS partitions and is included by most Linux distributions [2] and on Live CDs. There are also versions that have been compiled for Windows.

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[edit] Included programs

  • ntfsresize
  • ntfsclone, used for efficiently cloning NTFS partitions
  • mkntfs, used for creating NTFS partitions
  • ntfsmount, for mounting using FUSE
  • ntfsfix, schedules a Windows check of a file system on the next boot
  • ntfsundelete, undeletes a file
  • ntfsdecrypt, decrypts EFS

Other programs are included, but are very basic in functionality, and/or intended for developers.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shilliday, Barry (2007-04-17), “Running other operating systems alongside Linux”, Personal Computer World, <http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2187957/hands-running-operating-systems>. Retrieved on 29 May 2008 
  2. ^ Mathes, Steven (2007-02-01), “The Interoperability Power of Linux-NTFS Tools”, Linux Journal, <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9327>. Retrieved on 29 May 2008 

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