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| 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. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .TH NTFSFIX 8 "January 2006" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@" |
| 6 | .SH NAME |
| 7 | ntfsfix \- fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS |
| 8 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 9 | .B ntfsfix |
| 10 | [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR |
| 11 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 12 | .B ntfsfix |
| 13 | is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. |
| 14 | .B ntfsfix |
| 15 | is |
| 16 | .B NOT |
| 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. |
| 20 | .sp |
| 21 | You may run |
| 22 | .B ntfsfix |
| 23 | on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way |
| 24 | and it cannot be mounted. |
| 25 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 26 | Below is a summary of all the options that |
| 27 | .B ntfsfix |
| 28 | accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is |
| 29 | preceded by |
| 30 | .B \- |
| 31 | and the long name is preceded by |
| 32 | .BR \-\- . |
| 33 | Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a |
| 34 | single command, e.g. |
| 35 | .B \-fv |
| 36 | is equivalent to |
| 37 | .BR "\-f \-v" . |
| 38 | Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. |
| 39 | .TP |
| 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. |
| 43 | .TP |
| 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. |
| 48 | .TP |
| 49 | \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| 50 | Show a list of options with a brief description of each one. |
| 51 | .TP |
| 52 | \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-action\fR |
| 53 | Do not write anything, just show what would have been done. |
| 54 | .TP |
| 55 | \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
| 56 | Show the version number, copyright and license |
| 57 | .SH BUGS |
| 58 | There are no known problems with |
| 59 | .BR ntfsfix . |
| 60 | If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the |
| 61 | development team: |
| 62 | .br |
| 63 | .nh |
| 64 | ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net |
| 65 | .hy |
| 66 | .SH AUTHORS |
| 67 | .B ntfsfix |
| 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. |
| 70 | .SH AVAILABILITY |
| 71 | .B ntfsfix |
| 72 | is part of the |
| 73 | .B ntfs-3g |
| 74 | package and is available from: |
| 75 | .br |
| 76 | .nh |
| 77 | http://www.tuxera.com/community/ |
| 78 | .hy |
| 79 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 80 | .BR mkntfs (8), |
| 81 | .BR ntfsprogs (8) |
| 82 |