NTFSDOS is a utility by my favorite company, Sysinternals. This tool allows you to interact with NTFS formatted hard drives in DOS. There are actually two tools that I’m referring to: NTFSDOS and NTFSDOS Professional.
- NTFSDOS (3.0.2) allowed read-only access and was available for free.
- NTFSDOS Professional (4.0.3) allowed read/write access and required a license.
After Sysinternals was bought by Microsoft, it seems both tools disappeared and are no longer officially available. I know most people are more interested in Windows 7 utilities, but there are still a handful of applications around that depend on DOS and these types of tools. NTFSDOS and a bootable DOS can allow you to run simple tasks with a small footprint, repair a corrupted Windows installation, and many more.
Just run the NTFSDOS executable or include it in your autoexec.bat file with:
lh NTFSDOS.exe
NTFSDOS will check your hard drives for NTFS partitions and assign them drive letters.
You can download NTFSDOS (read-only) or NTFSDOS Professional (read/write).
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With NYFSDOS pro, can we run MS DOS programmes? I want to run MSDOS application in Windows XP. Can it be possible? If so, how? With details.
NTFSDOS Professional 5.0
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NTFSDOS Pro will not allow you to run MS DOS programs. It allows you to view NTFS-formatted hard drives while you are running DOS.
If you want to run DOS applications in Windows XP, you might try checking out a DOS emulator like DOSBox.
http://www.dosbox.com/