ntfsprogs

{{short description|Free Unix utilities for managing the NTFS file system used by the Windows NT operating system}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = ntfsprogs

| logo =

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| developer =

| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = 2.0.0

| latest release date = {{release date|2007|09|29}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Unix-like

| platform =

| replaced_by = NTFS-3G

| genre = File system utilities

| license = GNU GPL

| website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522140207/http://www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsprogs |date=May 22, 2008 |title=www.linux-ntfs.org/doku.php?id=ntfsprogs }}

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Ntfsprogs was a collection of free Unix utilities for managing the NTFS file system used by the Windows NT operating system (since version 3.1) on a hard disk partition. 'ntfsprogs' was the first stable method of writing to NTFS partitions in Linux.{{Cite web

| last = Shilliday

| first = Barry

| publication-date = 2007-04-17

| title = Running Other Operating Systems alongside Linux

| periodical = Personal Computer World

| url = http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2187957/hands-running-operating-systems

| accessdate = 2008-05-29

}}

All NTFS versions were supported, as used by 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. ntfsprogs was a popular way of interacting with NTFS partitions and was included by most Linux distributions{{Cite web

| last = Mathes

| first = Steven

| publication-date = 2007-02-01

| title = The Interoperability Power of Linux-NTFS Tools

| periodical = Linux Journal

| url = http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9327

| accessdate = 2008-05-29

}} and on Live CDs. There are also versions that have been compiled for Windows.

On April 12, 2011 Tuxera announced that Ntfsprogs project was merged into NTFS-3G.[https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-ntfs/mailman/message/27338853/ Stable NTFS-3G + NTFSPROGS 2011.4.12]