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NTFS (New Technology File System) is the default file system for Windows NT and its derivatives (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2003 and 2008).

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Can't remove deleted user from file permissions by command

I have deleted a user from a PC and I have many files with this permission in the permission tab of advanced form of security -> Account Unknown(S-1-5-21-2076865150-1137883396-1755809354-1013) Deny ...
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How can I format a drive to NTFS without an operating system?

I am trying to install Windows 8.1 onto a desktop I have that currently has Ubuntu. When I installed Ubuntu, the installer automatically reformatted the drive from NTFS to whatever format it was that ...
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If I ZIP a folder in NTFS, is the ZIP file NTFS?

If I zip a folder from an NTFS partition, can it be extracted on a device or OS that can't read the NTFS filesystem? More generally, do zip files preserve the filesystem of the unzipped folder in some ...
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NTFS write speed really slow (<15MB/s) on Ubuntu

When copying large files or testing writespeed with dd, the max writespeed I can get is about 12-15MB/s on drives using the NTFS filesystem. I tested multiple drives (all connected using SATA) which ...
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Why can I boot from an NTFS USB flash drive?

I own multiple PC and on some of them, I am able to boot to Windows installer using a USB flash drive formatted in NTFS (same one for all the PC), but not for others. PC that I have tried this on: (...
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Benefits of converting Data partition from NTFS to FAT32

Desktop PC with internal SSD is running Windows XP SP3 and partitioned as below. Over time I've come to learn that NTFS does many more read/write operations than FAT32 thus possibly reducing the ...
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unable to read contents of file systems

I used to own a windows-based laptop but I wanted to partition the disk for ubuntu installation. After two weeks of debugging, defragmentation and windows settings, I was still unable to partition the ...
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File is too large for destination file system - Already NTFS

This is my first SuperUser post, so please bear with me if I make any mistakes, thanks. I have some large database files (4-7GB) that I need to transfer to an external hard drive (WD My Book, 6TB). ...
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Which Unicode characters cannot be used for NTFS file names?

Typically, my programs are creating files with Extended Latin, CJK or Arabic characters in file names without issues and according to input data. I was under impression that only officially named ...
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Mount NTFS Partition in Linux Mint 19.1 with permissions

Mounting itself is not a problem, but the permissions are not correct. I have created a .NTFS-3g\UserMapping on the root of my NTFS partition. It contains: # Generated by ntfsusermap for Linux, v 1....
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C:\Windows\Servicing\LCU slowing down servers and workstations; mitigate automatically?

Increasingly, when I see a sluggish server, workstation, or laptop, I find on the order of 200,000 items in C:/Windows/Servicing/LCU. That high a count makes for slow filesystems. I understand it ...
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NTFS Compression very slow when enabled on individual folders [duplicate]

I wanted to know if anyone had come across a problem with copying files to an SSD which is using NTFS compression. I enabled compression on all of the folders on a Crucial 1TB SSD to save some space. ...
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How to access Changed file timestamp metadata

I understand NTFS file timestamp metadata includes the following: Created Accessed Modified This data is accessible in the Windows Explorer UI and elsewhere. However, I believe the timestamp ...
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Big size of NTFS/MFT reservation on windows server 2022

Over 1 month ago I started to have have problems with free space on drive C: as it's suddenly started to decrease every day. External tools like TreeSize or Dirstat weren't able to show what is "...
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Copy to another NTFS disk and preserve hard links

I have to copy directory structure from one local NTFS disk to another (Windows 7+) and preserve hard links that exist within this directory structure. An acceptable solution would be to replace hard ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard “Enable NTFS long paths policy” option missing

A similar problem as in Windows 10 occurs in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. The Enable NTFS long paths policy is neither in Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative ...
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How to mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?

I feel like this is a really simple and fundamental function that Windows should have, but so far Google has been telling me it isn't possible. How can I mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?
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Can't shrink volume due to \$Mft::$DATA

(I've looked around a bit, but I can't find an exact answer to this) I wanted to dual-boot Ubuntu on my Windows 11 PC, but when I went to shrink C: down ~50GB, there was only ~2,000MB or so available; ...
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Recovering corrupted NTFS partition on external HDD

I have an external WD HDD with a unique NTFS partition on it that seems corrupted. I wish to recover the data on that disk and the disk itself if it is not physically damaged. After a huge file copy ...
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Windows crashes when hard drive is loaded

I have a hard drive which has 3 Windows installations on it, and it had 13 partitions in total. a couple days ago it stopped booting, it would hang on boot. When booting Windows 7 in safe mode it ...
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Programs can't modify files on Windows, but can create new ones

After a fresh installation of Windows on my new M2 drive and reinstalling all programs, I'm facing an issue where most programs can't modify existing files, for example Photoshop can't “Save”, but it ...
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How to disable NTFS ownership enforcement on Win10 for Admins?

Classic story - moved a portable USB HDD to a new Win10 machine. All folders on it are marked as "Owned by the previous user", and therefore it hit me with the "You need permission to ...
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How do you interpret the Cluster Chain Run in an NTFS MFT record?

For mostly academic reasons, I've been learning how to interpret the Cluster Chain Run from the Data Attribute Block from an MFT Record from a NTFS volume. I watched a video that walks through an ...
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WRITE_ZEROES is not supported on loop device

I have an NTFS partition and an ext4 image on it. When I mount the ext4 image, I get the following error: operation not supported error, dev loop1, sector [sector number] op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES) flags ...
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When the storage device is formatted with NTFS, the file tunneling system does not work

Currently, I am experiencing a problem that some HDDs and SSDs formatted with NTFS do not have the file tunneling system working, so when I save files I have worked on to those disks, the creation ...
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Is an NTFS compressed drive really written compressed under Ubuntu?

I want to copy a very big NTFS compressed drive under Ubuntu since it copies faster than Windows. I formatted the new drive with mkfs under Ubuntu and after a while the target drive ran out of space. ...
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Do new files added to an NTFS compressed directory use the same algorithm as existing files in the directory

I have used the command line tool "compact" to compress D:\SteamLibrary with the LZX algorithm, It has marked these directories as "compressed" in file attributes. Will new files ...
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Master File Table corrupt, any way to save data?

I've used search, but none of the results match my problem so I didn't have to ask separate question. I've installed Windows 7 RTM recently and since then partitions located on one of my HDDs have ...
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Fixing NTFS on SSD after corruption by windows cache

This must be a well known issue, so I'm looking for a fix if it exists. I'm using windows 10. I had an SSD in my desktop that had an NTFS partition with no files. I shut down the PC, removed the disk ...
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Exact copy of files from NTFS to another NTFS using Linux

I try to copy all files from an NTFS to an external drive and want to preserve all permissions and attributes. The external drive has already an NTFS and contains other files. I've considered using ...
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Is there a Windows equivalent to fallocate --punch-holes?

I'm looking for a way to punch holes in files on Windows such that the actual size-on-disk goes down, and the area that is punched gets deleted. Identical to the behavior of fallocate --punch-holes on ...
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"directory junction" vs "directory symbolic link"?

In the context of NTFS: MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target /D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file symbolic link. /H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J ...
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Restore RAW drive back to NTFS [duplicate]

Recently, I have tried to make backup of SSD of my laptop using Macrium Reflect 8 Portable Free edition. However, this process ended in error (which, unfortunatelly, I can't remember, my apologies) ...
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Does stripping 8dot3name entries on NTFS OS partition on Windows 10 on an m.2 SSD provide any noticeable benefit?

I've read about 8dot3name problem when there is a large number of files on a hard drive partition (>300'000 is the general rule of thumb, it seems) but all the sources are at least several years old ...
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After resizing NTFS partition, Windows 10 no longer boots

My computer is configured for dual-booting via Grub. I run Windows 10 and Ubuntu 17.10. Earlier today I was working in Ubuntu and I ran out of space on my ext4 partition. Wanting to make it larger, I ...
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How can I read / write Alternate Data Streams on a Google Drive (on Windows)?

I have a windows box with Google Drive set up to stream files to local G: (default behaviour). When I download files from the internet and save them to my local Google Drive, they have the usual ...
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Win 10 CHKDSK /F /R /X skipping to login

Tried to run CHKDSK /F /R /X this morning, unfortunately, after restarting to begin the process I get the press any button to skip part (I don't press anything) and it moves onto repairing C drive, ...
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How do I remove unsupported characters from a filename on Windows

I've used a live boot CD of Linux couple weeks ago and have redirected screenshots to my NTFS drive.The filenames contain a colon symbol : which is one of the unsupported characters for a filename on ...
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How to properly mount NTFS partition shared between Linux and Windows

I'm currently using a multiboot with Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10 and Windows 10. I' would like to share two partitions between those os : One, named Worspace, to contain all my projects The other with ...
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Import foreign disks

I have a attached a secondary hard drive (NTFS) to a system having Windows XP SP3 with some important data on it. When I go to the disk management the secondary disk is shown as foreign disk without ...
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NTFS compression error on server 2016 with /EXE

I'm trying to transparently compress some files using the compact utility on my file server. These files are basically text backups, and compress easily at 10:1 or higher. They are rarely read and ...
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what is proper way to share a ntfs data partition, nfs or samba

On linux desktop, a nfs server on home local network is already running. The same machine also has a secondary data ntfs partition as remnant of dual booting (which may happen again in the future). ...
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how to disable systemd auto unmount of manually mounted partitions

I've recently made a systemd unit that runs a simple bash script to solve a bug in the NTFS mount driver. the partition is shared with windows, so if it is hibernated I am unable to mount it rw. And ...
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Repairing a specific file or folder in windows 7 with chkdsk or alternative program

I have a 500 GB NTFS partition on which there is a folder that I know contains some bad sectors.So to save time and resources, Is there any possible way to run chkdsk or alternative program to repair ...
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How to safely recursively delete a directory in Windows?

NTFS supports all kinds of links including junctions, hard links, soft links, etc. so here's a problem. Let's say you're recursively deleting a directory which actually contains the above things. It's ...
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In Windows I've managed to make a folder with the same name as another but with a space at the end. How can I access the contents of this folder? [duplicate]

This is Windows 11 Pro (22000.2057). Using this code: var dir = new DirectoryInfo("E:\\Videos"); foreach (var sub in dir.GetDirectories()) { $"'{sub.Name}'".Dump(); } I can ...
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Which files affected by CRC errors on NTFS?

I have CRC errors on my NTFS USB HDD and would like to know which files have been affected. I'm doing a chkdsk /F /X /R, so far, it doesn't list any files. Is there a tool/command to map out which ...
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Leading zeros in the Cluster Chain Run of an NTFS MFT record?

I have an example pulled from a hard disk at my house where the NTFS $MFT file contains zeros in the least-significant places of the Cluster Chain Run. Interpreted little-endian, this doesn't make any ...
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Convert ext4 hard drive to ntfs format without formatting

I have a 1TB external hard drive with about 800gb data of ext4 format. Is there a way of converting it to ntfs format without having to format hence losing my data?
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Whats the difference between mounting a partition as a folder with a new drive and creating a volume spanning two drives?

These two techniques seem a bit redundant. Is there a difference between the two that makes one more suitable for specific scenarios? I was given the example that if there was no more space on one ...

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