<a name="todo_surprise"><h1>TODO: NTFS Support for
<span class="productname">@{[ a_href '/project/surprise/','Partition Surprise' ]}</span></h1></a>
- <p>Although there currently exists
+ <p>There already exists
<span class="productname">@{[ a_href 'http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html','ntfsresize' ]}</span>
- I am not sure whether it is really reliable for all NTFS filesystems.
+ using reverse-engineered data structures information. According to the
+ usage count it appears
+ <span class="productname">@{[ a_href 'http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html','ntfsresize' ]}</span>
+ is safe.</p>
+
+ <p>Despite it
+ <span class="productname">@{[ a_href 'http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html','ntfsresize' ]}</span>
+ still has some usage limitations such as no possibility to shrink the partition to less
+ than its half size. There exists technically interesting possibility to use Captive NTFS access for
<span class="productname">@{[ a_href '/project/surprise/','Partition Surprise' ]}</span>
- is the only partition manager capable of safely resize the disk
- by using just the original W32 filesystem driver by full rebuild of
+ as it is the only partition manager capable of disk operations
+ by using just the original W32 filesystem driver by full rebuild of the
filesystem metadata.
- Almost no file data blocks would be moved even on these generic filesystems
+ Almost no file data blocks would be needed to move even when using these generic W32 filesyste drivers
as W32 supports <span class="constant">FSCTL_MOVE_FILE</span> request
according to
@{[ a_href 'http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/defrag.shtml',
'Inside Windows NT Disk Defragmenting' ]}
by @{[ a_href 'http://www.sysinternals.com/aboutus.shtml',
- 'Mark Russinovich' ]}.
+ 'Mark Russinovich' ]}.</p>
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