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DOS Utility for NTFS

Are there any utilities which will examine and/or copy files on an NTFS partition while booted up in DOS?
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You must beware that NTFSDOS is not 100% reliable.
Files can easily be corrupted on copying, and all
NTFS security attributes are stripped.

Long filenames are converted to 8.3 format.
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I made a big issue to my management about the security stripping.
They were favoring NTFS because of "security benefits". There ain't any!
This is true, the security only exists if NT is running. if you have access to computer and can boot it with a floppy, the security is gone. But if you keep your server in a locked room, disable Floppy drive and BIOS-Setup you are safer than with FAT because no one can delete files you do not want to be deleted.