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Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software

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Full read/write access to NTFS and HFS+ volumes!

Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software is a unique combination of Paragon’s NTFS and HFS+ file system drivers accessible from a Linux environment.

Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux

 

Note, that access to APFS is a feature of another standalone product, called APFS for Linux by Paragon Software.

 

  • “We’ve found the Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software driver to be superior over competing alternatives, offering extremely fast read/write capabilities at a price point not found anywhere else. Performance testing results have been impressive, with the drivers allowing us to accelerate data writing to the NTFS-formatted drives by almost 50%”.

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    CEO of MediaClone, Inc.
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  • “Our ASUS engineers have already seen the value that Paragon’s NTFS technology delivers across our product line, and we consider it to be one of the highest performance and reliable system driver solutions on the market. We are very pleased to continue to utilize their technology to power our future wireless network products.”


    Tenlong Deng, Vice President,
    Networking & Wireless Devices, ASUS
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  • “Paragon’s Universal File System Driver software is the market leader in interoperability, with compelling performance and unique data protection that will deliver increased performance to our customers.”


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    Business Operations and Alliances, D-Link Systems, Inc.
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  • “Paragon’s driver technology was selected over its competition because of its exceptional transfer rate performance. By embedding Paragon’s drivers into our solution, Voyager Air is best-in-class with regards to file/data transfer speeds; especially when it is directly attached via USB 3.0.”

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  • “Paragon FSL technology enables OS-independence, so everyone can use Belkin networking products to store and access their data from any device, be it an Android smartphone, Windows PC, Macbook, iPad, Linux notebook, Chromebook and more, with the very highest performance, file system integrity, and data protection.”

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    Product Management,
    Belkin International, Inc.
    Paragon and Belkin partnership

  • “Paragon’s driver technology clearly delivered the performance we demand for our ReadyNAS products.”



    Matt Pahnke, Senior Product Marketing Manager,
    NETGEAR Storage
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Easy to Install and Uninstall

Simply run the assistant scripts (install.sh and uninstall.sh scripts) to perform all the necessary operations to build the driver, install it, and deactivate and remove it from the platform.

High Performance

The Paragon tool boosts your performance by opening direct access to partitions you had difficulties with accessing previously from Linux. The transfer rate is the same for native Linux file systems and, in some cases even better.

Full Access to NTFS and HFS+ Volumes

Rapid and transparent read and write access to NTFS/HFS+ volumes from Linux. Use the HFS+ file system and its native journaling support for better file system integrity when transferring files between Linux PC and Mac.

Additional Utilities

Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software allows you to format any volume as NTFS or HFS+, check the formatted volumes for integrity, and fix errors.

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OEM and Embedded Solutions

Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software is a File System Link driver. Our FSL technology solves incompatibility issues between various file systems and popular operating systems. With FSL support for all popular file systems embedded into modern digital devices, consumers can enjoy issue-free platform interoperability. In search of a solution for your product?
 

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  • Going through the installation process
    Going through the installation process
  • Successful completion of the installation
    Successful completion of the installation
  • Transparent integration with the Linux interface
    Transparent integration with the Linux interface
  • Choose the file you need to copy
    Choose the file you need to copy
  • Open the copied file
    Open the copied file
  • Run the Check Volumes operation
    Run the Check Volumes operation

Features

New Features

Frequently Asked Questions

NTFS File System General

What is NTFS File System?

NTFS is an acronym for New Technology File System. NTFS was first released with Windows NT. It is much more modern, stable, and reliable than FAT or FAT32. This file system was designed for use specifically with Windows OS. It supports long file names, huge disk partitions, and files, full security access control, the ability to recover files/directories, and its structure in the event of hardware failure and many other features.

Is NTFS File System better than FAT or HPFS?

Yes. The NTFS File System is a replacement for the FAT (File Allocation Table) and HPFS (High-Performance File System) file systems. It gives many advantages over the other file systems, such as the ability to restore files/directories and their structure in the event of hardware failure, improved security, support of huge files/partitions, etc.

Is NTFS File System the same in every version of Windows?

There are three versions of NTFS File System: 1.2, 3.0 and 3.1. Each of these versions is used in different Windows OS’s and have additional features.

  • NTFS 1.2: Windows NT 3.1-3.51
  • NTFS 3.0: Windows 2000
  • NTFS 3.1: Windows XP and later

Version 1.2 is also known as 4.0, version 3.0 as 5.0, and version 3.1 as 5.1.

Glossary

Mount
Mounting is the process of connecting volumes to the operating system. Once completed, the operating system, any application, or user can access the contents of the volume in standard ways. For Windows, the standard way means the volume is assigned a ‘drive letter’. For Linux, it means the volume becomes available under one of its trees.
Kernel version
You can determine your Linux kernel version by using the following command: uname -r.
Sparse files
A sparse file is a file that is handled by the file system in a special way that avoids the allocation of disk space until data is actually written to the file. This method can improve non-sequential write performance and create files larger than available disk space. Sparse support allows an application to create very large files without committing disk space for those regions of the file that contain only zeros. For example, you can use sparse support to work with a 42 GB file in which you need to write data only to the first 64 KB (the rest of the file is zeroed). In other words, all meaningful or nonzero data is allocated, whereas all non-meaningful data (large strings of data composed of zeros) is not allocated. When a sparse file is read, allocated data is returned as stored, and unallocated data is returned, by default, as zeros. Sparse file support allows data to be de-allocated from anywhere in the file.
Codepage
If a partition to be mounted contains files or directories which names have non-English characters, ‘nls’ mount option can be used:
mount –t ufsd –o nls= /dev/ /mnt/.
For example, mount -t ufsd -o nls=utf8 /dev/sda2 /mnt/sda/02 (run in a Linux console as root or place into the /etc/fstab file).
SMP
Short for Symmetric Multiprocessing, a computer architecture that provides fast performance by making multiple identical CPUs available to complete individual processes simultaneously (multiprocessing) — in contrast to UP (unit processing) that refers to computer architecture with a single CPU.
How to determine whether you use SMP kernel or not:
first, you should check your kernel (whether it was compiled with SMP support) using uname -a (run in a Linux console).
The contents of /proc/cpuinfo (run the following command in a Linux console: cat /proc/cpuinfo) will tell you how many processors are active in the current system. If there is more than one, then you’re obviously on an SMP kernel, but if it equals one, then you might be using an SMP kernel on a UP machine or a UP kernel on an SMP machine.
Journaling file system
A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of the changes that will be made in a journal (usually a circular log in a dedicated area of the file system) before committing them to the main file system. In the event of a system crash or power failure, such file systems are quicker to bring back online and less likely to become corrupted.
DKMS
Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a framework used to generate Linux kernel modules whose sources do not generally reside in the Linux kernel source tree. DKMS enables kernel device drivers to be automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.

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Easy installation (via script)
NTFS read & write access
HFS+ read & write access
The support of the latest official Linux kernels is implemented within 1 month after their release.
Supporting the 64-bit architecture
Compressed files
Sparse files
Full native NTFS journal replay
Full native HFS+ journal support
Additional utilities
chkntfs – check NTFS partition integrity and fix errors
mkntfs – format any partition as NTFS under Linux
chkhfs – check HFS+ partition integrity and fix errors
mkhfs – format any partition as HFS+ under Linux
DKMS library support
Automatic NTFS/HFS+ volume mounting
Free one year update
(new kernel versions support)
Free 30 days upgrade
Support Self Support Complimentary support

Resources

Product Documentation

Download Microsoft NTFS for Linux by Paragon Software User Manual
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