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New Linux Driver Allows Read-Write On NTFS
By: Jayesh Mansukhani   |   Jul 16, 2006
One of the most wanted features in Linux for people who dual boot windows and Linux has been NTFS support. Since Windows 2000, NTFS has been the preferred choice of File systems for windows users. Hence anyone who migrates to Linux and keeps windows around for games and applications not supported under Linux has whole partitions of NTFS based systems unreadable to him under Linux. The only way to get around this was to keep a common partition using the highly inefficient FAT32 file system. Though Linux has had NTFS support for years it's been just read-only. Full unlimited read-write has not been developed and supported. It has been a pipe dream for many years for a driver that would be able to read and write to NTFS without causing data loss.

Looks like the long wait is finally over. While going through some downloads over at sourceforge.net I came across this rather enterprising download which promises full read-write for NTFS under windows. Developed under the open source license or GPL it is naturally free and worth getting. Head on over here to get the driver.

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[...] That was until the other day, at least.  I found this article at tech.moneycontrol.com earlier today that had the remedy for the NTFS problem.  It appears that sourceforge has a driver download that enables you to read and write to NTFS partitions.  Check it out and let me know what you think! [...]
JDsBlog - Technology, Business, and Innovation with a Bit of Domaining @ Jul 17, 2006
This is a fantastic. Thank you for the heads up..
Jason Drohn @ Jul 17, 2006
[...] New Linux Driver Allows Read-Write On NTFSMoneycontrol Tech Blog, India - 2 hours agoOne of the most wanted features in Linux for people who dual boot windows and Linux has been NTFS support. Since Windows 2000, NTFS … [...]
Novell’s Roger Levy Sees Desktop Future for Linux - dAtA advisory @ Jul 16, 2006
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