Read NTFS from DOS

Zardon · May 26, 2002, 02:32 PM

A new DOS based utility has been released here that will allow you read and copy files to and from NTFS based systems.

For newbies out there NTFS was the first 32-bit, Windows based, file system that allowed you to work beyond the 2 gig driver limit. NTFS = NT File System. NTFS also allows you to encrypt the file system. This was done so that someone couldn't just stick in a boot disk and access the files on you hard drive as you can do with any FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 file system.

This utility allows you to bypass the encryption and edit the locked NT/Win2000 password sector. This is for recovery purposes only of course

http://www.cgsecurity.org/

DallasStar · Jul 18, 2002, 09:53 AM

I like ntfsdos better. It costs money, but saves a lot of hassle IMO.

Yeti · Jul 18, 2002, 10:51 AM

lol... this should be good.

-={420}=- · Mar 17, 2003, 12:39 PM

From what I read, that program isn't very complete/good. I'll just use NTFSdos Pro. $299

hehe - free for me of course!

MoinMan · Apr 30, 2003, 10:54 PM

little OT: use a Linux LiveCD ( like Knoppix( http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ ) if you need to make a recovery backup from an NTFS drive (some distributions don't have ntfs support)
if you really need Dos use ntfsdos

Alv · May 1, 2003, 02:26 AM

Hehe wow useful stuff =P

jimmsta · May 1, 2003, 04:25 AM

Now, if only they'd release something that would work with Windows98 setup... I want to use Win98 again!!! BAH.

gerryf · May 8, 2003, 03:11 PM

<oinMan, thanks, I've been looking for that link for several months after I reformatted and scratched that CD.

May 26, 2002, 02:32 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Read NTFS from DOS A new DOS based utility has been released here that will allow you read and copy files to and from NTFS based systems. For newbies out there NTFS was the first 32-bit, Windows based, file system that allowed you to work beyond the 2 gig driver limit. NTFS = NT File System. NTFS also allows you to encrypt the file system. This was done so that someone couldn't just stick in a boot disk and access the files on you hard drive as you can do with any FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 file system. This utility allows you to bypass the encryption and edit the locked NT/Win2000 password sector. This is for recovery purposes only of course http://www.cgsecurity.org/

Jul 18, 2002, 09:53 AM	#2
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I like ntfsdos better. It costs money, but saves a lot of hassle IMO. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jul 18, 2002, 10:51 AM	#3
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	lol... this should be good. __________________ --Oh lord not again

Mar 17, 2003, 12:39 PM	#4
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	From what I read, that program isn't very complete/good. I'll just use NTFSdos Pro. $299 hehe - free for me of course! __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]

Apr 30, 2003, 10:54 PM	#5
MoinMan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	little OT: use a Linux LiveCD ( like Knoppix( http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ ) if you need to make a recovery backup from an NTFS drive (some distributions don't have ntfs support) if you really need Dos use ntfsdos

May 1, 2003, 02:26 AM	#6
Alv I am Alv! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	Hehe wow useful stuff =P

May 1, 2003, 04:25 AM	#7
jimmsta WINDOWS XP. YAY! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0	Now, if only they'd release something that would work with Windows98 setup... I want to use Win98 again!!! BAH.

May 8, 2003, 03:11 PM	#8
gerryf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	<oinMan, thanks, I've been looking for that link for several months after I reformatted and scratched that CD.