Re: deleting files dos / NTFS

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From: Al Dykes (adykes_at_panix.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: 28 Feb 2005 14:25:15 -0500

In article <eLx96ocHFHA.1096@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>,
Ken Blake <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>In news:jcDUd.132$qu.48@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net,
>Dog <Dog@home.com> typed:
>
>> if i want to boot to dos on an XP PC and delete some files how
>> do i
>> do it.
>>
>> if the drive was FAT i could use win98 disk but it is NTFS
>>
>> I understood there was a utility called NTFSDos but you could
>> only
>> view files but not write / delete. Is this still the case?
>
>
>The free version works as you describe. However the paid version
>gives you write access.
>
>--
>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

FWIW It's easy to put an NTFS disk into a good machine with the same
OS as a secondary drive to delete files. 

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