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NTFS4DOS Private is a free utility from http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/

It's basically a driver which allows both reading and writing to NTFS 
partitions/drives after booting from a dos 7.X bootdisk. To make better 
use of the utility I've created both a bootdisk and bootable CDrom .iso 
and included additional utils like Edit and Deltree.

This zippack contains 5 files. ntfsboot.txt, ntfsboot.exe, ntfsboot.iso,
ntfswcdd.iso, and ntfswcds.iso

ntfswcdd.iso is a another version of the bootable cd. It includes IDE 
cdrom drivers so before you burn it one can add files to the .iso that you
may want to copy to your ntfs drive. 

ntfswcds.iso has both IDE and a universal SATA CDrom driver for modern PCs. 
Select the proper CDrom driver in the boot menu which will load automatically.
Older PCs "menu option 1" will do fine, newer PCs "menu option 5" for SATA
drives will work 99% of the time.

The files you add will be seen in
Drive R: 

The 1.44 bootdisk in this pack is an Image of the bootdisk I created. To 
construct the disk, put a brand new disk in your A: drive and click on 
ntfsboot.exe If you are creating the 1.44 in XP, I'd format the floppy 
first then click on ntfsboot.exe

To create a bootable CDrom disk, use UltraISO or other application that 
can properly handle .isos. Note that converting an .iso to a bootable cd 
is NOT as simple as copying the .iso to the cd. Your burning program HAS 
to support the proper burning/creating of .iso images. 

For example in Nero it's File | Burn Image. In UltraISO it's File | Open
| Tools | Burn CD Check the docs of your burning program for details. 

The .iso you want to point to is called ntfsboot.iso or other.

To add files to the ntfswcdd.iso or ntfswcds.iso file one can also use 
UltraISO.

How to:

File | Open | Select ntfswcdd.iso | Open | Image windows shows bootable |
Select your files in the lower window | Drag to the top window | File |
Save

Note that oddly, the file size of ntfswcdd.iso may not change. 

To burn:

File | Open | Click on ntfswcdd.iso | Open | You'll see the files you added
on the right | Tools | Burn


Notes:

1. When using ntfs4dos or my disks, you'll be prompted as the driver runs, 
type Y to agree, do NOT type YES. 

2. The standard DIR and DEL commands will NOT work 100%. That's why I've
included deltree to use when you want to delete a single file. The command
would be:

deltree yourfile.txt

Deltree can also be used to delete entire folders, so be careful. 

If you created the ntfswcdd CD and added files to the iso, you'll find
it's best to use xcopy to copy files instead of the plain copy command.

3. I've also included Edit so you can modify files if you wish, like the
boot.ini or win.ini file for example. Remember, if you open a file with 
Edit that is NOT a text file, [yes, .inis are text files] and then SAVE 
it you will DESTROY the file. However, one can safely view all types of
files with Edit.

4. A special version of chkdsk is included to fix any problems.

5. If you simply wish to copy standard 8+3 files to and fro from any
drive to the NTFS drive there's no problem. 

6. ntfs4dos Private will NOT display long filenames. 

7. attrib is also included. Remember some files on your ntfs drive may
be hidden. To see them use dir /ah 


If you want to print this use Wordpad, not Notepad

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Kindest regards,
Ed Jablonowski






