01-26-2013
The installer probably mounts the NTFS partition that is marked bootable and uses heuristics to determine the version of Windows is installed.
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ntfsprogs
NTFSPROGS(8) System Manager's Manual NTFSPROGS(8)
NAME
ntfsprogs - tools for doing neat things with NTFS
OVERVIEW
ntfsprogs is a suite of NTFS utilities based around a shared library. The tools are available for free and come with full source code.
TOOLS
mkntfs(8) - Create an NTFS filesystem.
ntfscat(8) - Dump a file's content to the standard output.
ntfsclone(8) - Efficiently clone, backup, restore or rescue NTFS.
ntfscluster(8) - Locate the files which use the given sectors or clusters.
ntfscmp(8) - Compare two NTFS filesystems and tell the differences.
ntfscp(8) - Copy a file to an NTFS volume.
ntfsfix(8) - Check and fix some common errors, clear the LogFile and make Windows perform a thorough check next time it boots.
ntfsinfo(8) - Show information about NTFS or one of the files or directories within it.
ntfslabel(8) - Show, or set, an NTFS filesystem's volume label.
ntfsls(8) - List information about files in a directory residing on an NTFS.
ntfsresize(8) - Resize NTFS without losing data.
ntfsundelete(8) - Recover deleted files from NTFS.
AUTHORS
The tools were written by Anton Altaparmakov, Carmelo Kintana, Cristian Klein, Erik Sornes, Giang Nguyen, Holger Ohmacht, Lode Leroy,
Matthew J. Fanto, Per Olofsson, Richard Russon, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Yura Pakhuchiy and Yuval Fledel.
AVAILABILITY
The ntfsprogs are part of the ntfs-3g package which can be downloaded from:
http://www.tuxera.com/community/
SEE ALSO
ntfs-3g(8)
ntfs-3g 2012.1.15AR.5 September 2007 NTFSPROGS(8)