![]() At the Welcome screen, click Next to view the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms. To install the driver, double-click the installation file, Ntfs98ro.exe, that you downloaded. The following list contains the files you’ll need to copy, as well as their locations within Windows 2000/NT. I created a folder within C: called NTFSforWin98 to hold these files. On my multiboot system, C:\ is a small FAT16 boot drive used to hold boot files, DOS, and frequently used utilities. FAT16 is the universal language read by most operating systems that you might want to set up on a multiboot disk.īefore you install Ntfs98.exe, you’ll want to copy the Windows 2000/NT NTFS files to a FAT16 drive that’s accessible to Windows 9x/Me. It’s a good idea to always keep your disk’s primary partition formatted as FAT16. Never convert your Windows 9x/Me boot partition to NTFS. Finally, remember that support for NTFS can only begin after Windows 9x/Me has finished booting. In addition, software-based NTFS volume sets, stripe sets, or mirrored drives aren’t supported. You’ll want to be cautious about who receives access to the driver on your network. ![]() Whatever permissions exist within Windows 2000/NT will not be respected inside Windows 9x/Me. Rather than relying on reverse-engineered code, by using the most up-to-date NTFS drivers provided by Microsoft in their service packs and bug fixes, you’ll always have the best code available.īecause you’ll be reading NTFS from within Windows 98, the Windows 2000/NT security model won’t be supported. The driver simulates the Windows NT environment that the NTFS drivers were originally designed to use. Programmers Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell designed NTFS for Windows 98 to run the native Windows NTFS driver within Windows 9x/Me. NTFS for Windows 98 uses Windows 2000 or NT’s own NTFS system files to function (you’ll need to have those files available when you set it up). The NTFS98 read-only version is a handy addition for your IT utility belt. If you want to write as well as read to NTFS drives, you can purchase a full version of NTFS98 for $49 (U.S.). This NTFS file system driver allows you to read any NTFS drives present on your system from within Windows 95, 98, and Me. In this Daily Feature, I’ll show you how to set up their free driver, NTFS for Windows 98 (NTFS98). Recently, I wrote about the great freeware tools available at the Sysinternals Web site (see “ Sysinternals Web site has great freeware Windows 2000/NT and 9x/Me utilities”). If you would like the ability to read your NTFS partitions within Windows 98, read this Daily Feature and let Mike Jackman show you how. Using Windows XP, which can read NTFS volumes).Installing Sysinternals’ NTFS for Windows 98 driver However, the best solution is to avoid situations where a Windows 95,ĩ8, or Me computer must read a local NTFS volume (for example, by Information on the network in a form that any other networked computer The work of reading the NTFS partition, and it's putting that This gets around the problem of Windows 95,ĩ8, and Me not reading NTFS partitions, because the operating system NTFS-partitioned hard drive onto the NT-based computer and share the That's also on the network, then it's possible to install the ![]() If the Windows 95, 98, or Me computer is onĪ network, and there is a Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP computer available
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