How to read NTFS image file in Windows

[padambengani]

I just created a NTFS image file using the following steps:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/disk-image count=20480
losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/disk-image
mkntfs /dev/loop0
mkdir /tmp/virtual-fs
mount -t ntfs /dev/loop0 /tmp/virtual-fs


After this i want to access the contents of this image file in windows. How to do that ?

Thanks for the help in advance.

[coopstah13]

you could probably mount it with something like virtual clonedrive

[padambengani]

you could probably mount it with something like virtual clonedrive

I tried it with Power ISO but it was giving error because power iso supports ISO9660 file system. I searched for any other virtual clonedrive but couldn't find it.

Is there some inbuilt feature in windows for that ?

[Rubberman]

If you are running Linux, you can mount it with the -o loop option to the mount command. Also, assuming it is in the form of an ISO image, then you can mount it as a drive in a VirtualBox Windows VM if you run Windows in a VM. Running natively? I'm not sure what is available to do that.

[coopstah13]

if it is .img file, you should be able to open it with virtual clonedrive, it is a windows software, here is the link

SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive