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Quote (cbagger01 @ Feb. 18 2005,13:19)
NTFS is complex and undocumented.

Actually, I am being unfair.  I am sure that there is great documentation on the NTFS filesystem.  But it is kept in a locked vault somewhere at Microsoft's headquarters.

NTFS support is being worked on by a bunch of people who are trying to reverse-engineer an understanding of the file system.

To make things even harder, Microsoft keeps changing the way NTFS works slightly with every new release of MSWindows.

So in other words,

Win NT4.0 NTFS
Win 2000 NTFS
Win XP NTFS
and
Win Server 2003 NTFS

have differences and the developers are trying to hit a moving target.

And of course nobody is getting any help from Microsoft with this problem because it is in Microsoft's best interest to prevent other operating systems from being able to easily interact with a Microsoft Windows operating system partition.

This is quite true..however there is a project to try and break thru the elusive NTFS problems....

http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/

However as you said...its a moving target!

Brian
AwPhuch

Quote (Lodovik @ Feb. 10 2005,15:55)
Like I said in another post, I work as a computer tech. I repair computer, install systems, etc... The real plague now about Windows XP is the flood of spywares / viruses I have to fight everyday.

That just makes me think of this recent JoyOfTech cartoon - sorry, couldn't help myself.

This is sad to notice.
I think this blind policy of Microsoft will get people more and more to linux and other Os. Who can sympatize with something/one so suspectfull and so selfish?
certainly I do not.
moreover, NTSf will be won. it's just a matter of time and it's a loss of money for the giant or redmont to try to keep it secret..

???


original here.