Re: Access NTFS From DOS
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:03:16 -0800
Alias wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that DOS does not recognize NTFS partitions but handles FAT
> and FAT32 just fine. My C: drive is NTFS and my D: is FAT32.
>
> I tried using a third-party software named NTFS4DOS but it doesn't
> seem to work very well as it does not make drive C: available at all.
>
> Does microsoft provide any means to access NTFS partitions from DOS?
>
> If not, does anyone know of any other software that will let me access
> an NTFS partition from DOS.
>
> -A
Hi, Alias. It really depends on what you want to do. For quick repairs,
the Recovery Console works fine. For data retrieval, my preference is
Knoppix. However, you can't write to an NTFS partition from Linux so if
you need to write to the partition (to try a repair or something), then
a Bart's PE or ERD Commander is the way to go. ERD Commander is
extremely expensive, but they have a free emergency download. Here is
information about Knoppix and also links to the other items I
mentioned:
An easy way to retrieve Windows files is to boot with Knoppix, a Linux
distro on a live cd. You will need a computer with two cd drives, one
of which is a cd/dvd-rw OR a usb thumb drive with enough capacity to
hold your data. To get Knoppix, you need a computer with a fast
Internet connection and third-party burning software. Download the
Knoppix .iso from www.knoppix.net and create your bootable cd. Then
boot with it and it will be able to see the Windows files. If you are
using the usb thumb drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop) to
get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then
click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the
window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead
of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. Otherwise, use the K3b
burning program to burn the files to cd/dvd-r's.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ (Bart's PE)
http://www.winternals.com/Products/ERDCommander/
Malke
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