X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-ID: From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: DOS that can read NTFS/XP paritions? Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:01:10 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id i587xoXB028390 Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com There is also a read/write version of NTFSDOS available, called NTFSDOS Professional, although this version is not free. For details, see : www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp?pid=ap#ntfsdos Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: shadow AT shadowgard DOT com [SMTP:shadow AT shadowgard DOT com] > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 5:24 PM > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: DOS that can read NTFS/XP paritions? > > On 29 May 2004 at 21:27, Michal H. Tyc wrote: > > > On Sat, 29 May 2004 10:47:57 -0700, shadow AT shadowgard DOT com wrote: > > > > > Is there a DOS that I can boot from a floppy that has drivers to > > > allow access to NTFS partitions? > > > > The only NTFS driver for DOS I know is NTFSDOS from Sysinternals. (But > > the freeware version is read-only, so you won't be able to correct any > > problem.) > > Even finding them would help. :-) > > And if it ain't *too* expensive, buying it won't be a big problem if > it'll work. > > > > For the occasional badly infected system that folks bring to me, I > > > used to boot from a DOS floppy and run F-Prot for DOS (yes, it > > > requires putting in 4 floppies to get all the definitions loaded :-) > > > > Two 1.44M floppies should be enough (maybe three, the v**** definition > > files can have grown too much since the last time I made such a floppy > > set, and NTFS driver will take some additional space as well). > > The definition files now each require their own floppies. Basically, > the first one loaded after the program won't fit on a 1.44 along with > the program (much less an OS). And the others are too big to fit on a > floppy with the others. > > In the order you have to feed the floppies in... > > 5-23-2004 23:16 1,117,130 SIGN.DEF > 5-23-2004 23:16 1,279,405 SIGN2.DEF > 5-24-2004 15:40 498,021 MACRO.DEF > > So I have a boot floppy, the F-prot program floppy, and the three > definition floppies. All write protected except when I update them at > home. :-) > > > -- > Leonard Erickson (aka shadow) > shadow at shadowgard dot com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email (including any attachment) is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use this email or the information contained herein for any purpose. If you have received this email in error, please immediately advise us by reply and delete this email. This email may not be altered, forwarded or re-issued without our consent. AMPY Email Metering is not responsible for any changes made to this email or the effect of any changes on the email’s meaning. It is the responsibility of the recipient to scan this email for viruses and faults prior to processing. AMPY Email Metering shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by this email from transmission, viruses, faults or the use of data accompanying this message. AMPY Email Metering reserves all its rights, including copyright,in this email.