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Use apt-get from the terminal to install the ntfsprogs package - sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
Then you can use the tool ntfsfix from the terminal to attempt to repair a ntfs partition.
Example:
* unmount the drive if it's mounted already
sudo umount /dev/sda1 - read below for device naming info
then type: sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
Note:
A typical home pc or laptop has 2 or 4 IDE channels as follows:
For example:
and so on...
SCSI & SATA devices are listed as devices sda, sdb, sdc, sdd, sde, sdf, etc. in the /dev directory. Similarly, partitions on these disks can
range from 1 to 16 and are also in the /dev directory.
Now each hard drive has 4 primary partitions (limit of PC x86
architecture). First partition is denoted by number 1. For example:
And so on.
You can run command fdisk -l (lowercase L) to display a list of partitions:
WARNING! These examples may result in data loss. Use fdisk command with caution as it can manipulate / overwrite your partition table.
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I lost my C Drive on my HP notebook running Vista Home Premeium. When I try to attached to damaged drive to another Windows Machine (Via a USB attachment) it will lockup that PC when it tries to read the filesystem. Can I use Ubuntu to try to restore my files ?
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