Unless you like running head on against traffic, don't even think about writing NTFS files from Linux. Never let anything but Windows do the writes. On my dual boot systems, I alwas include a small FAT32 partition for transfer of files between the two. Both OS can write safely to FAT32, and then you can transfer the files wherever needed. But, in any case, on CentOS you need the unsupported kernel, because RedHat couldn't be bothered to include NTFS in the standard kernel. Just my $.02 -- Collins Head teachers of the world unite: you have nothing to lose but the Start button.