ntfs3g

Examples

ntfsclone --save-image --output backup.img /dev/hda1

... saves an NTFS (/dev/hda1) to a file in the special image format

ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 backup.img

... restores an NTFS from a special image file to its original partition

ntfsclone --save-image -o - /dev/hda1 | gzip -c > backup.img.gz

... saves an NTFS into a compressed gzip-image file

gunzip -c backup.img.gz | ntfsclone --restore-image --overwrite /dev/hda1 -

... restores an NTFS from a special gzip-image file to its original partition

mkfs.ntfs -Q -L myCoolDiskName /dev/sde1

... quick format /dev/sde1 setting the label to "myCoolDiskName"