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From: Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Mounting a Windows NTFS file system
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On Mon, 3 May 2004 01:45:51 +0200, Bruno <brunoc@quipo.it> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> can I safely mount (read/write or at least read only)
> a windows NTFS partition in my FreeBSD operating system
> without any damage for this partition ?

You can safely mount it read-only without risking damage. I would not recommend
attempting to write to a NTFS partition.

Run a `man mount_ntfs` for details.