.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon.
.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Jean-Pierre Andre
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
.TH NTFSFIX 8 "January 2013" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
ntfsfix \- fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ntfsfix
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ntfsfix
is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.
.B ntfsfix
is
.B NOT
a Linux version of chkdsk.  It only repairs some fundamental NTFS
inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency
check for the first boot into Windows.
.sp
You may run
.B ntfsfix
on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way 
and it cannot be mounted.
.SH OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that
.B ntfsfix
accepts.  Nearly all options have two equivalent names.  The short name is
preceded by
.B \-
and the long name is preceded by
.BR \-\- .
Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
single command, e.g.
.B \-fv
is equivalent to
.BR "\-f \-v" .
Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-bad\-sectors\fR
Clear the list of bad sectors. This is useful after cloning an old disk
with bad sectors to a new disk.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-clear\-dirty\fR
Clear the volume dirty flag if the volume can be fixed and mounted.
If the option is not present or the volume cannot be fixed, the dirty
volume flag is set to request a volume checking at next mount.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-action\fR
Do not write anything, just show what would have been done.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Show the version number, copyright and license
.SH BUGS
There are no known problems with
.BR ntfsfix .
If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the
development team:
.br
.nh
ntfs\-3g\-devel@lists.sf.net
.hy
.SH AUTHORS
.B ntfsfix
was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits.
It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.
.SH AVAILABILITY
.B ntfsfix
is part of the
.B ntfs-3g
package and is available from:
.br
.nh
http://www.tuxera.com/community/
.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mkntfs (8),
.BR ntfsprogs (8)