FYI - From Compuserve's Computing Pro Insider Newsletter - 20 February 2001: --------------Begin Quote------------- * Accessing NTFS Volumes/Partitions from DOS It can be done! SysInternals, a pioneer in software tools for the Windows NT platform for over 6 years, has these must-have utilities for Windows NT and 2000 users. If you have a multi-boot desktop with Windows 98 and Windows NT/2K installed and also happen to have Windows NT installed with a NTFS partition (or have a volume formatted on NTFS), you just might need to access your NTFS files from MS-DOS. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't provide a solution for this scenario. SysInternals, to the rescue. Their NTFSDOS utility, lets you access NTFS volumes from MS-DOS. And a freeware edition is available that lets you read NTFS volumes without the ability to write files to an NTFS volume. If your PC also has a FAT or FAT32 volume, you can copy files from NTFS volumes to both FAT and FAT32 partitions. But in order to write from FAT, FAT32 to NTFS volumes/partitions, you'll have to purchase the full commercial version of NTFSDOS Professional for $199 directly from SysInternals.com. To download the freeware version of NTFSDOS from SysInternals, go here. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/NTFSDOS.shtml Once downloaded, you'll still need a bootable floppy disk created using Windows 98, 98SE, Me, or DOS. You'll have to copy the NTFSDOS.EXE utility to the same disk. To enhance the commands you can use with NTFSDOS, you should also add Xcopy, Doskey and Format for added utility. Before using your new bootable floppy, you should also c DOS commands, you'll be able to access NTFS folders and files. ------------------End Quote------------- Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona USA
