On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:32:29 -0000, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, > ... > 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. > ... > TIA. > Cofion, > Neil. > If you install ntfsprogs then there's a utility called ntfsfix which performs a basic chkdsk and allows you to mount it cleanly. An example usage would be "sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1", obviously replacing the drive and partition appropriately. -- Daniel Rhodes-Mumby Humans are the place where the rising ape meets the falling angel. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
