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How to mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?

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I feel like this is a really simple and fundamental function that Windows should have, but so far Google has been telling me it isn't possible. How can I mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?

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You can modify the volume attributes to make it read-only: Switch off "automount" by running Connect disk to Windows (do not mount the disk) Run Enter Enter (where X is the correct volume number from the previous command) Enter Enter and ensure the read-only bit is set Now you can mount the volume and it will be read-only. Note that the diskpart commands can be abbreviated, e.g. , . See also: http://crawlmsdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx

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