NT partition question

Hello,

Please forgive my ignorance, but I've only worked with NT and am about to
make the plunge and try Linux. I would like to use my NT 4.0 file server as
a dual-boot machine. The boot partition (c:\) is FAT16, so I'm pretty sure
that I can load Linux on this partition. However, I keep my data on D:\
which is an NTFS partition. Can Linux read NTFS partitions? If not, are
there any translation tools that will allow me to access the NTFS partition?

Thanks in advance for your comments,

Arlyn Baggot
ASU MBA/MSIM student
Class of 2001