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.
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 4:31 PM, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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