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Got an NTFS drive that won't mount under Windows, even in an external case. Find a Mac, (or any unix that has mount_ntfs) and try it there.
Mac OS X and mount_ntfs are pretty stupid about the Windows-specific details of NTFS that Windows cares about, and will often just mount an NTFS drive that Windows gives up on. It's read-only, but at least you can pull data from it before you nuke and pave it.
So, one of your best tools for "corrupted" NTFS drives just may be Mac OS X.
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Posted by John C. Welch at 11:56 | Permalink
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