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  1. Nov 18th, 2002, 11:51 AM #1
    GingerFreak
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    NTFS File system

    Can you read a ntfs harddrives contents by booting in to a
    dos prompt from a boot disk, or can it only be read when the
    os has been started.

    Someone said that the files can only be read if the os is running

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    If you are booting to DOS you'll need a program called NTFSDOS. If this is a Windows 2000 machine, the recovery console will allow you to read the files as well.
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    You can download it from here.
    The eval version will only allow you to view files. You can't copy etc.
    http://www.systeminternals.com


    They make some brilliant products.
    I suggest you check out Filemon and Regmon.
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    Re: NTFS File system

    unless you load a special tsr, the answer is no. dos by itself is not capable of reading an ntfs volume, i speak from experience (i was curios)

    Originally posted by GingerFreak
    Can you read a ntfs harddrives contents by booting in to a
    dos prompt from a boot disk, or can it only be read when the
    os has been started.

    Someone said that the files can only be read if the os is running

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  6. Nov 22nd, 2002, 03:27 AM #5
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    there is a program called readntfs- dont where to find it now - i no longer use ntfs - but a search of the net should help =)
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