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NTFS is the primary file system of all modern versions of Windows.

NTFS is the primary file system of all modern versions of Windows and is largely backward-and-forward-compatible in all supported versions. It is a journaling file system which makes it robust in the face of system failure, and in Vista/Windows Server 2008 and later offers support for transactions. It supports transparent compression and encryption and full access-control-list-based security.

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What can cause a local administrator account to be unable to access a local folder, even when using special privileges that bypass NTFS security?

I have a Windows 2012 R2 server where local administrator accounts (or at least one particular one) cannot access the "System Volume Information" folder. This works for the same account with the same exact permissions on another server. We use a…
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Should I use FAT or NTFS when using Windows XP as a KVM guest?

I am installing 32-bit Windows XP as a KVM guest on CentOS 6. Should I be using FAT or NTFS filesystem and why?
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Deleted files on network drive from user A show up in user B's local recycle bin

A customer relayed to us the issue that one of his users (user B) discovered sensitive documents in his recycle bin, which another user (user A) apparently deleted on a mapped network drive. Now, I am under the impression that this is not possible.…
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What applications is NTFS preferable for?

When building a new server I prefer to deploy Linux as my OS of choice. This gives me the luxury of being able to choose from various file systems (amongst other aspects), and I will choose a different FS for different servers, depending on what…
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Windows 8 NTFS errors only when on adapter

We have a very strange error with a brand new ASUS Notebook S550CA, + Windows 8 64 bits Single language + 500 GB Hitach HDD (type: HTS545050A7E380). if the laptop is running on battery power, the system runs perfectly fine if the laptop is…
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Share Permissions

We have some directories on one of our servers that are shared, however, they need to be locked down to an extent that they cannot be accessed by logging on as a local user or administrator or by using the \\server\C$... line. There are only going…
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Why is NTFS better than FAT32?

Just wondering why NTFS is considered better, and how NTFS manages to do so (structure, actions, etc), compared to FAT. thanks! :)
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NTFS file owner is able to delete a file with read permission

I have a file on NTFS partition, and I'm the owner of this file . I have the read permission only on this file and no other permissions are set. I tried to delete the file thinking it will show "Access is Denied " message ,but i was able to delete…
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