[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: mounting drives from other os -- try Capt ive (if you can foolWindows into creating a portable NTFS)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 15:43, MontyS at videopost.com wrote:
> Thanks for the information.  I will have to read your post more than once to
> get it all...
> I think I am confused.  Does WinXP not default to NTFS format when
> formatting a firewire drive?  Sounds like I need to look into this further.

Depends on if it thinks it is a "local, fixed disk."
It might be using a LDM disk label ("dynamic disk").
It is interesting to say the least.

XP _might_ be disabling various features in the NTFS system.
Also, XP Home works _very_different_ than 2000/XP/2003 Pro/Server.
Microsoft disables a lot of things, that helps prevent corruption on
NTFS because users tend to do such things.

> Please note:  I do wish to respect the list, and not have this thread slide
> into the realm of Off-Topic.

If people can learn that the NTFS support is not a Linux issue, but a
NTFS issue itself, then it helps.


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Bryan J. Smith                                  b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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