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5 .TH NTFSFIX 8 "July 2001" "Linux-NTFS version @VERSION@"
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19 ntfsfix \- tool for fixing NTFS partitions altered by the Linux kernel NTFS driver.
24 This manual page documents briefly the
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31 \fBntfsfix\fP is a program that fixes NTFS partitions altered in any
32 manner with the Linux NTFS driver. \fBntfsfix\fP is \fBNOT\fP a Linux
33 version of chkdsk. It only tries to leave the NTFS partition in a
34 not-so-inconsistent state after the NTFS driver has written to it.
36 \fBntfsfix\fP appeared because MS chkdsk is well known for its
37 stupidity when fixing altered partitions. Because the main problems
38 are journal files, \fBntfsfix\fP aims to fix those issues.
40 Running ntfsfix after mounting NTFS partitions read-write is recommended
41 for reducing the chance of severe data loss when NT/W2K tries to remount
42 the affected partition(s).
44 In order to use \fBntfsfix\fP you must unmount the NTFS partition, and run
45 ntfsfix device, where device is the NTFS partition. After this, you can
46 safely reboot into NT/W2K. Please note that \fBntfsfix\fP is not a
47 chkdsk-like tool, and so is not guaranteed that it could fix all the
48 alterations provoked by the NTFS driver.
51 This manual page was written by David MartÃnez Moreno
52 <david.martinez@rediris.es>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
53 system (but may be used by others).
56 is part of the linux-ntfs package and is available from
57 http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/.