Linux mount ntfs or Access NTFS partition from Linux

by nixCraft on May 2, 2006 · 28 comments· last updated at January 3, 2007

Q. How do I access my Windows NT/XP NTFS partition from Linux?

A. In order to access NTFS partition you need support compiled into running Linux kernel. You may need to recompile the kernel to include NTFS support.

There is a Linux-NTFS project. The goals of the project are to develop reliable and full feature access to NTFS by the Linux kernel driver, and by a user space filesystem (ntfsmount), and to provide a wide collection of NTFS utilities (ntfsprogs) and a developer's library (libntfs) for other GPLed programs.

You can download Linux-NTFS drivers and utilities here

You can download RedHat or Fedora specific binary here

The step by step instructions for mounting Windows XP NTFS file system under Fedora Linux are here on our site.

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1 Wlaid Rudwan December 28, 2006 at 12:35 pm

can you please tell me how to mount ntfs on linux redhat,step by step please

2 nixcraft December 29, 2006 at 10:33 am

See URL
http://nixcraft.com/how-to-view-windows-xp-partitions-ntfs-in-linux-vt411.html

3 Wlaid Rudwan February 7, 2007 at 9:24 am

Hello again I have asked before about mounting the nfts file system on linux redhat enterprise 4, some one send me a link but I couldn’t get which subject to use my computer is pentium 4(laptop) so what should I do pleae help me and I hope the answer be so in detail.also I have another computer pentium 4 acer also.

4 rahul February 12, 2007 at 4:32 pm

How do I access my Windows NT/XP NTFS partition from Linux?

5 Hector April 20, 2007 at 1:55 pm

How do access (read-write) an NTFS partition using Knoppix 5.1 Live CD. I have this harrdisk that I want to update by adding some files.

Thank You

6 amila April 24, 2007 at 5:18 pm

I need to access xp through red hat Linux.I saw many links which i should install for that.But can you tell me which one i should down laod. If you can send me the exact link .

7 kulpreet April 26, 2007 at 4:22 pm

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8 momo zohouri July 11, 2007 at 6:10 am

Hello dear , i have some problem in mounting my Windows NTFS partiions in LINUX REDHAT EL4, ntfs-progs . ntfs-fuse , while mounting i got this message : fs type ntfs not supported by kernel

so many thanks in advance,
Momo Zohouri

9 Patel nilesh October 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm