fsck an ntfs drive in Linux
Yes. This was handled by fsck
on some releases. If the partition is not listed in /etc/fstab
, then you will likely need to tell it the partition type. I've used this from a Linux CD to recover a partition Windows wouldn't boot from.
Based on the comments below, the actual fixing is done by the ntfsfix
program. It should be available, even if there is no program to run a fsck
on and NTFS file system.
Unfortunately the ntfsfix tool is very limited compared to Microsoft's chkdsk. Try to get a Windows install going - preferably with the newest version of Windows as Microsoft is presumably constantly improving chkdsk (I hope..) New versions of Windows are often available for free as trials. If the problem is in a USB disk you can try installing Windows in something like VirtualBox and give the VM control of the USB device.
If you have NTFSProgs installed, you should be able to run fsck.ntfs
or fsck -t ntfs
to fsck an NTFS drive.