[ubuntu-uk] Chkdsk for NTFS partition
Michael Holloway
michael at thedarkwinter.com
Wed Jan 14 09:07:16 GMT 2009
Hi
To be honest, if you don't have windows, you might as well format the
disc as EXT3, or even FAT32 if you are think you might be plugging into
a windows machine at some time. I don't 100% trust using NTFS under
Linux, and the problem you have come across here supports that.
Also, am I missing something? Why do you need a manual for a USB hard
drive :)
Cheers,
Michael
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 08:32 +0000, 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.
>
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