<s>
Ntfsprogs	B-Language
was	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
free	B-Application
Unix	B-Application
utilities	O
for	O
managing	O
the	O
NTFS	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
used	O
by	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
operating	O
system	O
(	O
since	O
version	O
3.1	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
hard	B-Application
disk	I-Application
partition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
ntfsprogs	B-Language
 '	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
stable	O
method	O
of	O
writing	O
to	O
NTFS	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
in	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
NTFS	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
used	O
by	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ntfsprogs	B-Language
was	O
a	O
popular	O
way	O
of	O
interacting	O
with	O
NTFS	B-Application
partitions	B-Application
and	O
was	O
included	O
by	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
and	O
on	O
Live	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
Tuxera	O
announced	O
that	O
Ntfsprogs	B-Language
project	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
NTFS-3G	B-Application
.	O
</s>
