NTFSDOS

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NTFSDOS
Developer(s)Winternals
Stable release
3.02R (read-only) / June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)
Operating systemDOS
TypeUtility software
LicenseFreeware
WebsiteA mirror of the original page
NTFSDOS Tools
Developer(s)Winternals
Stable release
2.0 / 2001 (2001)
Operating systemDOS
TypeUtility software
LicenseRetail software
WebsiteNone
NTFSDOS Professional
Developer(s)Winternals
Stable release
4.01 / February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows (for installation), DOS (for main utilities)
TypeUtility software
LicenseDemoware
WebsiteA mirror of the original page

The company Winternals (later purchased by Microsoft) used to provide three kinds of programs for DOS that could handle NTFS formatted drives.

The NTFSDOS programs

NTFSDOS

The first program was NTFSDOS - a freeware utility for DOS (NTFSDOS.EXE) that allows read-only access to NTFS formatted drives from a DOS environment.

NTFSDOS Tools

The second program was NTFSDOS Tools - an add-on package for NTFSDOS that contains two commercial utilities for DOS - NTFSCopy and NTFSRen. The former (NTFSCOPY.EXE) could be used to overwrite corrupt files with fresh versions. The latter (NTFSREN.EXE) could be used to change the names of bad drivers so Windows wouldn't load them.

NTFSDOS Professional

The final program was NTFSDOS Professional - a whole commercial solution for handling read and write operations in NTFS from a DOS environment. It must be installed as a package for Microsoft Windows first.

The downloaded version comes in demoware form. The user can only use the package in read-only mode in order to evaluate it.

Discontinuation

Winternals was acquired by Microsoft on July 18, 2006. Microsoft later removed any traces of NTFSDOS, NTFSDOS Tools and NTFSDOS Professional from the new internal site of Microsoft's Winternals' utilities.

References

  1. ^ "NTFSDOS". Sysinternals. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006.
  2. ^ "Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software". Company Press Releases. Winternals Software. July 18, 2006. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.