NTFS Converter

Convert NTFS files online for free


Drop or upload your .NTFS file
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How to convert your NTFS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your NTFS file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert NTFS to another file type

The converter easily converts your NTFS file to various formats - free and online. No Notepad or extra software needed.

  • NTFS to GPT
  • NTFS to FAT
  • NTFS to SYS
  • NTFS to DLL
  • NTFS to EXE
  • NTFS to DRV
  • NTFS to VXD
  • NTFS to 386
  • NTFS to COM
  • NTFS to BAT
  • NTFS to CMD
  • NTFS to SCR

Convert a file to NTFS

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Disk Image formats to NTFS with high quality output.

  • MSI to NTFS
  • EXE to NTFS
  • REG to NTFS
  • MST to NTFS
  • LNK to NTFS
  • CAB to NTFS
  • CAT to NTFS
  • DRV to NTFS
  • INF to NTFS
  • SYS to NTFS
  • MSU to NTFS
  • DLL to NTFS

About NTFS files

A .NTFS file typically represents a raw disk image or partition backup formatted with the New Technology File System, the proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft for Windows. These files are exact, sector-by-sector copies of a hard drive partition, containing the Master File Table (MFT), security descriptors, and alternate data streams.

Because .NTFS files are essentially binary dumps, they pose significant accessibility challenges. They are often massive - ranging from gigabytes to terabytes - and cannot be opened by standard text editors or media players. To access the files inside, users must typically "mount" the image as a virtual drive using tools like OSFMount or command-line utilities in Linux (via NTFS-3G). They are also not web-friendly due to their size and lack of browser support. For virtualization purposes (running the image in a VM), you should convert the raw .NTFS image to VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) or VMDK. For archiving or transfer, compressing the raw stream to 7Z or GZ is highly recommended to reduce file size. For data extraction without mounting, converting or extracting to a standard directory structure is the most practical workflow.

Convert.Guru analyzes your NTFS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted NEF, JPG, MP4, PDF, EXE, MP3, 001, ZZZ, 7Z, GPT and FAT files.



The NTFS Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our NTFS converter.