Questions tagged [ntfs]
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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How to bypass NTFS file permissions?
Recently I had permissions problems with Windows Search, then I run Permissions Time Machine to restore the permissions to default (according this topic)
After this, I receive a blue screen on ...
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chkdsk fails with "Unable to write to attribute 16 of file 0. Readable file record segment 0 is not writeable"
I'm getting the subj error when running chkdsk, and it cannot fix the disk. This is a system disk, and when I boot from it, I get a message that a profile cannot be loaded, and I cannot even get to ...
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how to install windows 7 with size more than 4 GB using gpt usb and UEFI mode?
I know that, in order to install Windows 7 on my windows 8.1 laptop, I must disable secure boot then use the diskpart command to convert my USB disk to GPT and format it as fat32.
I made every thing ...
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Someone please explain how I'm writing to EXT4 from Windows 8.1
I'm dual booting Debian amd-64 Wheezy 7.5 and Windows 8.1
I have 6 drives and I am 100% positive that four of the drives are formatted Ext4 (Formatted in Linux)
How on earth is it that when I'm in ...
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how to view hidden files on an NTFS drive that were copied from a Mac?
I have some files on my external NTFS drive that were copied from a Mac using Paragon NTFS. Back in Windows 7, I'm unable to view said files. I believe they exist because they still occupy space on ...
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File History not working Windows 8.1
I have file history turned on yet no data is saved.
When I turn FH off and then on I get an error message: "File History has found files that are encrypted with Encrypting File System, on a network ...
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Trouble mounting NTFS disk on Linux
I'm trying to mount an NTFS disk on Linux Mint.
It seems windows wasn't done with this volume before it was turned off. Is there a way to fix this error without putting my drive in a windows machine?
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If I format my drive will I lose all traces of the file completely?
I tried installing Linux to a hard drive but I chose the wrong one. I ended up deleting my media hard drive (pictures, movies, text documents, etc).
Unfortunately, I didn't make backups. Lesson ...
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ExFAT is good for flash drives only or it also gives benefits on external HDD, instead of NTFS?
I have external HDD that around 7 years old and decided to reformat it.
I heard that exFAT is good for flash drives and keeps sectors alive longer, do this applies for external hard drive also?
Any ...
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How do I convert a NTFS partition to FAT32 safely?
I am using Windows XP now. Is there any way to convert a NTFS partition to FAT32 safely? A simple solution that doesn't involve backing everything up would be better.
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Strip my windows NTFS disk of all ACLs
When you purchase a windows PC nowadays, you don't actually "own" the whole disk...
There are so many ACLs on each folder that there are portions of it you actually can access only through a ...
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How to convert NTFS to FAT32 in windows XP?
Currently all my 4 partitions are NTFS,
how to convert one of them to FAT32 ?
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What is the best format to format a hard-drive to [closed]
OK my question is what is the best format for a hard-drive. When I say best a mean:
Compatibility with other OS other than windows.
Ability for file compression and de-fragmenting.
Speed and ...
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Make internal HD read only
I would like to make a HD read only to prevent any real changes(except turning off read only). The reason is the hard drive seems to get corrupt for no reason because I never write to it except in ...
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How can I format a NTFS drive from DOS?
I want to format my pc from DOS while the operating system fall and the type of drives are NTFS.
When I try to format it these messages appear:
invalid drive specification
format not supported in ...
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Format external HDD to NTFS
I've just bought 2 TB HDD to be able to backup my desktop and laptop. I will have some files bigger then 4 GB, and I'll use it on at least 2 computers for backup.
Is there any downside to format ...
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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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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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Drive system file size
When i made a new drive it take some space for system file
FAT32 take the less space, then NTFS, then ext4
my question how to know the space will be taken for the system before make the drive, if the ...
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Need advice on HDD imaging software
I am trying to decide on imaging software.
My system:
Desktop running Vista 64 and 750GB hard drive.
I need to create an image file of this entire disk, including the MBR, and put it on an external ...
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Convert NTFS to case-insensitive
Can I convert an NTFS volume to case-insensitive? If I can do it by formatting / erasing, that is fine. I have a backup. BTW, I cannot use FAT, exFAT, EXT3, EXT4 or others. I have to use NTFS.
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Cannot remove files on Windows
I've got some files that I wish to delete. They are on a local hard drive. This hard drive has never been near any other operating system. I am the administrator, and the only administrator, for this ...
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Cannot enable NTFS compression on a 18TB HDD
When I had my 18TB drive filled I noticed I could not enable NTFS compression because the function was grayed out. I followed the directions here "Compress contents to save disk space" ...
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How to delete fake bad sectors from hard disk?
I have a portable 5TB HDD. I was downloading data on it and it was 3/4 (or so, almost full) full with documents.
I did chkdsk /f /v /r /x just to check it. It was shown to be perfect in HDD Sentinel ...
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Windows/Linux shared system drive storage formatting
I plan on setting up a dualboot with Windows10 and ArchLinux.
They will share a 1TB SSD and a 3 TB HDD. How should I format the partitions on the different drives?
What are the advantages of ext4 vs ...
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Is decrypting BitLocker after deleting files a secure way to erase data?
Consider the task of erasing profiles of previous users from a Windows computer (which is to be given away to other people) without having to fully erase the system.
Assuming the computer's hard ...
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Why can I convert FAT32 -> NTFS, but not the other way around?
I see some programs claim FAT32 -> NTFS conversion, although I just tried with a 100% filled up FAT32 SD card which formatted the drive completely.
How are programs able to do FAT32 -> NTFS but ...
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Does it worth to reinstall Windows 7 in the same partition after bad sectors found by CHKDSK in it?
I've executed CHKDSK with both "Automatically fix filesystem errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery bad sectors" options selected on a system partition of a clean Windows 7 installation.
Wininit ...
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How do I determine the newest file in a folder?
My office keeps all files for a given project in folders on a shared network drive. When a project's files haven't changed for a few months, I archive the project folder to another shared network ...
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How can I format a partition as HFS on a PC?
For various unimportant reasons, I want to format a partition using MacOS's native HFS filesystem.
Is there any software that will let me do this on a PC, without connecting the hard drive directly ...
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linux file recovery utility for corrupted Truecrypt NTFS disk
I have a true-crypt disk (the whole device is encrypted) with bad sectors. I can mount the volume on Ubuntu machine but every utility I try freezes while trying to copy files of it.
Is there some ...
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File recover tool for a partially "repaired" drive
An employee here recently had her hard drive corrupted pretty bad. I ran chkdsk /F on it to try and restore what I could, but during this it removed all the indexes for the My Documents folder. I ...
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NTFS5 file system in Windows XP
How can I get NTFS5 file system in XP? When I install XP to my PC it shows only format using FAT32 and format using NTFS. Which version of XP contains NTFS5?
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my drive shows size on disk very smaller than its actual size
I have check there is no compression check on ntfs settings but still also 1 TB file shows 60 GB on disk.
How is this possible ?
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VHD file size is less than the size of its contents
I have made a dynamic VHD file with Windows Disk Management, and populated it by copying a folder on my main disk into the VHD volume.
When I view the properties of the mounted virtual disk in ...
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NTFS Sectors per Cluster for 2MB cluster size
Formatted a disk partition using DiskGenius for NTFS with (maximum) cluster size of 2048KB (2MB). I notice Windows itself also can format NTFS with this cluster size in Disk Management. This setting ...
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Reset NTFS permissions to factory default on entire system partition?
I'm having occasional problems with NTFS permissions on a Windows 10 PC, especially when installing programs.
I guess it started when I created a new user for myself some time ago and deleted my old ...
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Can't resize NTFS partition using GParted (ntfsresize)
I wanted to clone an old and slow 2tb HDD (230gb used, everything else is backed up) to a 240gb SSD with Clonezilla. It gave me errors, saying that the disk is to big to clone.
I decided to boot ...
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Why does NTFS store files in contiguous but separate fragments?
I get seemingly contradictory info from contig on a file:
>contig -nobanner -a -v "C:\Users\bruno\Downloads\pp.big"
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Processing C:\Users\bruno\Downloads\pp.big:
Scanning ...
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What marks data as deleted - the hard drive or the filesystem?
Anyone with a cursory understanding of data recovery and sanitisation as it relates to hard drives is aware of the concept that data "permanently" deleted from within an operating system is not ...
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Make a 2nd hard drive "appear" as part of 1st hard drive's partition
On my Thinkpad laptop, I have a 1TB SSD (main computer's drive):
C:\ ~200 GB (system)
D:\ ~800 GB (documents)
I'm about to add a second internal 1TB SSD (buying a 2TB SSD is currently not an ...
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Seagate expansion external HD settings all files to executable
I just bought a Seagate Expansion USB harddrive to make some backups and I noticed something very strange happening. To every file/dir that I put there when I recover it in my linux I noticed that it ...
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Why do I lose data on portable hard drive with Windows 10 NTFS? [closed]
Over the last 9 years I have been using standard SATA hard drives in docking stations as portable hard drives formatted with NTFS. I use them with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Linux, and now ...
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Mounting a hard drive as a folder in Windows?
Why would you mount a hard drive as a folder? I am asking this because I have a 120gb SSD hard drive that runs Windows 10 and I also have a 1TB HDD in this computer as well that I have not partitioned ...
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Unable to mount NTFS partition using ntfs-3g
My system was able to mount NTFS partitions previosly, but after some while, mounting "broke" and cannot succeed now. Details:
Disks are healthy, I checked the system on 3 different disks.
Attempt to ...
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Windows converted all files to .lwsdnrl format?
I have some problems with Windows XP. After scanning the whole file system with anti-virus program, each and every file got an extension ".lwsdnrl" ? Even if I try to open the file with the ...
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Will installing NTFS Driver for Mac OS delete my existing files?
I have been saving all my PC files onto a Seagate GoFlex external hard-drive. I am now using a Mac. Although I can read my files, I cannot save changes. I have been advised to install NTFS Driver ...
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Replace NTFS hardlinks with files
I deduplicated backup files on an NTFS partition. I would like to know if there is a way to reduplicate the files so that they can be edited individually.
Current:
/dir1/file1
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Cant see files(created by windows) on NTFS Partition
I have a NTFS Disk that is use to share all my media files betweeon Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Unforntunately after i saved some new movies there using windows i cant not see them in Ubuntu. I just wont "...
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How to partition a drive so it can be used for Windows and Mac OS X?
I want to use this 2TB hard drive with this hard drive docking station with Mac OS X 10.6.8 and Windows 7. What file system should I choose for the partition? I plan to do the initial partitioning ...
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