ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS
ntfsfix [
options]
device
ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.
ntfsfix
is
NOT a Linux version of chkdsk. It only repairs some fundamental NTFS
inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS
consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
You may run
ntfsfix on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by
Windows or some other way and it cannot be mounted.
Below is a summary of all the options that
ntfsfix accepts. Nearly all
options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by
- and
the long name is preceded by
--. Any single letter options, that don't
take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.
-fv is
equivalent to
-f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any
unique prefix of their name.
-
-b, --clear-bad-sectors
- Clear the list of bad sectors. This is useful after cloning
an old disk with bad sectors to a new disk.
-
-d, --clear-dirty
- Clear the volume dirty flag if the volume can be fixed and
mounted. If the option is not present or the volume cannot be fixed, the
dirty volume flag is set to request a volume checking at next mount.
-
-h, --help
- Show a list of options with a brief description of each
one.
-
-n, --no-action
- Do not write anything, just show what would have been
done.
-
-V, --version
- Show the version number, copyright and license
There are no known problems with
ntfsfix. If you find a bug please send
an email describing the problem to the development team:
[email protected]
ntfsfix was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from
Szabolcs Szakacsits. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre
Andre.
ntfsfix is part of the
ntfs-3g package and is available from:
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/
mkntfs(8),
ntfsprogs(8)