Manual: ntfsfix

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NAME
       ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS

SYNOPSIS
       ntfsfix [options] device

DESCRIPTION
       ntfsfix	is  a  utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.  ntfsfix is NOT a Linux version of chkdsk.	 It only re‐
       pairs 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.

OPTIONS
       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 vol‐
	      ume 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

BUGS
       There are no known problems with ntfsfix.  If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to  the	 de‐
       velopment team:
       ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net

AUTHORS
       ntfsfix	was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits.	 It was ported to ntfs-3g by
       Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.

AVAILABILITY
       ntfsfix is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
       https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/

SEE ALSO
       mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8)

ntfs-3g 2022.10.3					January 2013						  NTFSFIX(8)