Last README file showed how to format NTFS drives in Windows using PowerShell and Command Prompt commands. Today’s quick tip provides examples on how you can mount and unmount these same NTFS drives ...

Is it possible to write to an NTFS partition after booting a PC with a Linux boot disk? I have a PC with a corrupt ntldr file on the C: drive that won't boot into Windows. I started the machine with ...

I have no doubt this has been asked before, likely multiple times, but the search appears to be down or somesuch. I'm a Windows XP user, but I'm contemplating getting a second HD to put Linux on. Does ...

I just ran into a big problem on the dual boot Win2K/Mandrake 7.2 machine I'm setting up... I can't write to the NTFS partition from Linux . A get a message saying "Read-only filesystem" when I try to ...

Microsoft introduced the New Technology File System (NTFS), a proprietary journaling file system, in Windows NT 3.1 in 1993. Since then, it replaced 1977's File Allocation Table (FAT) file system in ...

We're platform agnostic at Lifehacker, which is why we love dual-and triple-booting our computers. Unfortunately sharing data between operating systems can be a huge headache. Here's how to stay ...

The default file system in Windows is NTFS, and the default file system in Ubuntu Linux is EXT4. The purpose of today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post is to try and understand what the difference is, ...