Windows – Mounting NTFS volume without permissions on Windows

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Is it possible to mount an NTFS filesystem on Windows without permission restrictions?

A typical scenario occurs when you connect a drive containing NTFS partitions from another computer. In this scenario, much of the user content will be inaccessible until you modify the ACLs to give access permissions to your own user's SID.

Windows will offer you to make it permanently accessible, but that causes a lengthy operation that modifies the disk:

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I'm curious whether there's a "mount option" to use that'll mark a mounted volume as allowing permissive "everyone" access — specifically when mounting on Windows (not Linux nor Mac).

Best Answer

Nope. You can however take ownership of the file system including all child directories.

You could also attempt to create a user with the same credentials as the owner of the original account that had access to the system although I haven't tested this.

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