Intriguing. So why would Ubuntu spot faults on a drive that Windows can't? I mean you can understand that guy's perspective, you would expect Microsoft of all people to be the best at working with NTFS. <div class="gmail_quote"> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up some files..... She later had contact with her son who connected remotely and 'could not find any significant problems and made the comment "your HDD is formatted as NTFS the drivers in UBUNTU have only been around a short time. Basically a Microsoft file format. that has been reverse engineered". So he feels I should just do a full back-up at the moment and he will keep checking the hard drive. So that is what I shall do' I do not know whether to laugh or cry. (originally I attempted to post and share this on my Google+ but failed to share with Ubuntu UK Team) -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>