| Developer(s) | Winternals |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.02R (read-only) / June 26, 2001 |
| Operating system | DOS |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | A mirror of the original page |
| Developer(s) | Winternals |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.0 / 2001 |
| Operating system | DOS |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Retail software |
| Website | None |
| Developer(s) | Winternals |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.01 / February 28, 2002 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows (for installation), DOS (for main utilities) |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Demoware |
| Website | A 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.[1]
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.
Commercial NTFSDOS packages become abandonware
Winternals was acquired by Microsoft on July 18, 2006.[2] Microsoft has removed any traces of NTFSDOS, NTFSDOS Tools and NTFSDOS Professional from the new internal site of Microsoft's Winternals' utilities.
References
- ^ "NTFSDOS". Sysinternals. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006.
- ^ "Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software". Company Press Releases. Winternals Software. July 18, 2006. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2007.