| .\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits. |
| .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon. |
| .\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Jean-Pierre Andre |
| .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
| .\" |
| .TH NTFSFIX 8 "January 2013" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@" |
| .SH NAME |
| ntfsfix \- fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B ntfsfix |
| [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B ntfsfix |
| is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. |
| .B ntfsfix |
| is |
| .B 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. |
| .sp |
| You may run |
| .B ntfsfix |
| on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way |
| and it cannot be mounted. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| Below is a summary of all the options that |
| .B ntfsfix |
| accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is |
| preceded by |
| .B \- |
| and the long name is preceded by |
| .BR \-\- . |
| Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a |
| single command, e.g. |
| .B \-fv |
| is equivalent to |
| .BR "\-f \-v" . |
| Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-bad\-sectors\fR |
| Clear the list of bad sectors. This is useful after cloning an old disk |
| with bad sectors to a new disk. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-dirty\fR |
| 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. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| Show a list of options with a brief description of each one. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-action\fR |
| Do not write anything, just show what would have been done. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
| Show the version number, copyright and license |
| .SH BUGS |
| There are no known problems with |
| .BR ntfsfix . |
| If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the |
| development team: |
| .br |
| .nh |
| ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net |
| .hy |
| .SH AUTHORS |
| .B ntfsfix |
| was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits. |
| It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre. |
| .SH AVAILABILITY |
| .B ntfsfix |
| is part of the |
| .B ntfs-3g |
| package and is available from: |
| .br |
| .nh |
| http://www.tuxera.com/community/ |
| .hy |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR mkntfs (8), |
| .BR ntfsprogs (8) |