[ubuntu-uk] Chkdsk for NTFS partition

[Rob Beard]

On 14/01/2009 08:32, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just bought a LaCie USB hard disk. It had a Windows-only setup
> program that installed the manuals and some software onto the newly
> formatted NTFS partition.
>
> When I plug it into my Ubuntu box, I get an error message saying that
> the disk could not be mounted because of an $MFT error. It suggests
> running CHKDSK /F and rebooting twice under Windows.
>
> However, I don't have Windows on my machine, and I was wondering
> someone knows an alternative command I could run under Ubuntu. I'm
> running hardy at the moment.
>
> I'd prefer not to format it straight away, since I'd like the manuals
> off the disk first, although apparently they're also available for
> download from the LaCie website.
>
>
> TIA.
> Cofion,
> Neil.
>
>    
Try the following...

ntfsfix /dev/sdXY

Where X is the drive and Y is the partition (if you have one hard drive 
then it could be /dev/sdb1).

Rob