1 .\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon.
3 .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
5 .TH NTFSFIX 8 "January 2006" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
7 ntfsfix \- fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS
10 [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
13 is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.
17 a Linux version of chkdsk. It only repairs some fundamental NTFS
18 inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency
19 check for the first boot into Windows.
23 on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way
24 and it cannot be mounted.
26 Below is a summary of all the options that
28 accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is
31 and the long name is preceded by
33 Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
38 Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
40 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-bad\-sectors\fR
41 Clear the list of bad sectors. This is useful after cloning an old disk
42 with bad sectors to a new disk.
44 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-dirty\fR
45 Clear the volume dirty flag if the volume can be fixed and mounted.
46 If the option is not present or the volume cannot be fixed, the dirty
47 volume flag is set to request a volume checking at next mount.
49 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
50 Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
52 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-do\-nothing\fR
53 Do not write anything, just show what would have been done.
55 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
56 Show the version number, copyright and license
58 There are no known problems with
60 If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the
64 ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net
68 was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits.
69 It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.
74 package and is available from:
77 http://www.tuxera.com/community/