tldr/pages/common/ntfs-read.py.md

ntfs-read.py

A read-only NTFS explorer for accessing and extracting files from NTFS volumes. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: https://github.com/fortra/impacket.

• Open an NTFS volume for exploration (e.g., C:\.\\ or /dev/disk1s1):

ntfs-read.py {{volume}}

• Extract a specific file from an NTFS volume (e.g., \windows\system32\config\sam):

ntfs-read.py -extract {{\windows\system32\config\sam}} {{volume}}

• Enable debug output:

ntfs-read.py -debug {{volume}}

• Display help:

ntfs-read.py --help