<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:40 AM, David McNally <<a href="mailto:david3333333@gmail.com">david3333333@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Great! Do you know how long it should take? <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:17 PM, <<a href="mailto:276764@gmail.com">276764@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Yes. That should work. > ------Original Message------ > From: David McNally > Sender: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions > ReplyTo: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions > Subject: Re: NTFS drive wont mount - "unknown filesystem"? > Sent: Jan 19, 2010 7:15 PM > > Hi again. > > If I log in as administrator, will I get all of the rights that I want? > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:10 PM, sdavmor <<a href="mailto:sdavmor@systemstheory.net">sdavmor@systemstheory.net</a>> wrote: >> David McNally wrote: >>>>From what sdavmor and Preston said, it seems as though I should plug >>> it into a Windows machine and run chkdsk on it. I do have an old XP >>> machine that still works properly, so I suppose I'll try it on that. I >>> suppose I need to go into Start - Accessories and find chkdsk in there >>> somewhere. Probably not too hard. >>> >>> If I do that, about how long should the chkdsk take? It's a 700 GB >>> hard drive, with about 600 GB used. Will it need to run overnight? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Open a Windows DOS box (the cmd program). Then you can run: >> >> chkdsk driveletter /flags >> >> i.e. chkdsk z: /f >> >> I think you'll want /? to see what flags are available to you. >> -- >> Cheers, SDM -- a 21st Century Schizoid Man >> Systems Theory project website: <a href="http://www.systemstheory.net" target="_blank">www.systemstheory.net</a> >> find us on MySpace, GarageBand, Reverb Nation, Last FM, CDBaby >> free MP3s of Systems Theory, Mike Dickson & Greg Amov music at >> <a href="http://www.mikedickson.org.uk" target="_blank">www.mikedickson.org.uk</a> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> >> > > > > -- > David McNally > <a href="mailto:david3333333@gmail.com">david3333333@gmail.com</a> > Linux Kernel 2.6.31-17-generic > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > -- David McNally <a href="mailto:david3333333@gmail.com">david3333333@gmail.com</a> Linux Kernel 2.6.31-17-generic -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Also You can try using Hiren's Boot CD (i assume the best one is v9.7, while the 9.9 and 10.0 is buggy) and using the tools in it like for testing MHDD, and then for removing bad sectors with HDD Regenerator (See HDD tools section) -- Regards, Donatas