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5 Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5

1 Introduction

1.1 Historical review

Historically, different operating systems supported different ﬁle systems. Sharing ﬁles among different

platforms was not an easy task. For instance, documents that were created in Windows and are stored

on NTFS partitions may be inaccessible under Linux, because Linux does not include full support for

NTFS. For example, open-source NTFS-3G NTFS driver does not support random write access to

compressed ﬁles.

Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 solves these problems — now everyone can access NTFS and

HFS+ partitions from Linux in a usual manner with maximum performance and reliability. The driver

allows mounting NTFS and HFS+ partitions, so that programs may work transparently with these

mounted partitions — browse contents, open documents, run applications, work with existing ﬁles

(delete/copy/modify) and create new ones.

Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 is a commercial Linux driver for local access to NTFS and HFS+

volumes. It supports full read/write access. The driver is a Kernel module, which guarantees rapid

and transparent access to supported ﬁle systems. Mount volumes manually or insert into fstab, and

NTFS/HFS+ partitions will be available like any other directory tree.

Paragon NTFS&HFS+ for Linux 9.5 Professional also includes useful additional utilities that provide

the ability to check integrity and create NTFS/HFS+ volumes.

1.2 Paragon UFSD technology

UFSD (Universal File System Driver) is an unique technology developed by Paragon Software to

provide full access (read/write, format, etc.) to volumes of the popular ﬁle systems: NTFS, exFAT,

HFS+ under various platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc. in case these ﬁle systems

are not otherwise supported.

UFSD technology provides access directly to the physical devices that is why it can process partitions

regardless of their support by the current Operating System (OS). With UFSD it is possible to mount

NTFS, HFS+ and exFAT partitions under Linux, thus getting access to its contents, just the way it is

implemented in the NTFS&HFS+ for Linux driver, and the technology also allows direct access via

physical device addressing, the way it is implemented in the driver too.

Paragon UFSDs are designed to be readily integrated into any solution using our UFSD Software

Development Kit (UFSD SDK), which includes all of the necessary tools to develop applications with

the following main features:

• Access to un-mounted partitions (i.e. drive letter not assigned);

• Access to other ﬁle systems that normally would not be supported by the operating system;

• Platform-independent UFSD API.

This software product contains components, which are partly subject to the license terms of the GNU

General Public License or GNU Lesser General Public License ("LGPL"). You can request the modi-

ﬁed source code of this software via a contact request: https://www.paragonsoftware.com/contact.html.

The offer is valid for at least 3 years from the date of the publication of the corresponding software

product. We deliver the software on CD/DVD or USB stick, whose production costs we claim in return.