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.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Anton Altaparmakov
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Richard Russon
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Yura Pakhuchiy
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation ; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.  This program is distributed
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.\" (in the main directory of the Linux-NTFS distribution in the file COPYING);  if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 11-1307 USA
.TH NTFSFIX 1M "May 28, 2009"
.SH NAME
ntfsfix \- fix common errors and force operating system to check NTFS
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBntfsfix\fR [\fIoptions\fR] \fIdevice\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBntfsfix\fR utility fixes some common NTFS problems. Note that it is not
a version of \fBchkdsk\fR. It repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies,
resets the NTFS  journal file, and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the
next reboot of the operating system.
.sp
.LP
Run \fBntfsfix\fR on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by the
operating system or in some other way and it cannot be mounted.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
Supported options are listed below.
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Show a list of options with a brief description of each.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-V\fR, \fB--version\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Show the version number, copyright, and license information.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Uncommitted
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBmkntfs\fR(1M), \fBntfsprogs\fR(1M), \fBparted\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5)
.sp
.LP
http://wiki.linux-ntfs.org
.SH AUTHORS
.sp
.LP
\fBntfsfix\fR was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from
Szabolcs Szakacsits.