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Subject: Re: NTFS write support
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Sergey Babkin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've finally got Win XP as the second OS on my mahcine. The next
> thing I've found is that NTFS support still seems to be read-only,
> and it does not look like anybody is actively working on it.
> So adding the NTFS write support looks like an interesting
> project to undertake.
> 
> Just in case, if anybody working on it already, please let me know.
> Any kinds of ready pointers to the good docs would be welcome.
> Or to the existing implementations too (Linux?).
> 
> -SB

I'm pretty sure that Microsoft makes the technical details available
for NTFS, either from their website or from one of their DDKs.  The
hardest part is probably in dealing with their journal.

Scott