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Prior to Windows XP, NTFS would fail to mount volumes on read-only media, but now it does, and it returns the new FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME flag for the GetVolumeInformation API on such volumes.
December 2001 issue of MSDN Magazine
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"Don Griffiths" <dgriffiths@securesystems.com.au> wrote in message news:ufh5vT42FHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> the windows XP documentation on MSDN talks about
> the added capability of using read-only NTFS filesystems.
> The GetVolumeInformation has a return that gives
> a flag for FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME, but
> nowhere can I find any information on creating
> read-only NTFS filesystems. In particular, I need
> to know if it is possible to convert a readable NTFS
> filesystem on an IDE partition to read-only.
>
> Alternatively, can anybody direct me to a more specific forum for locating
> this sort of information.
>
> thanks
>
> Don
>
>
