# ntfsfix(8) - man - phpman

> **TLDR:** Fix common problems on an NTFS partition.
>
- Fix a given NTFS partition:
  `sudo ntfsfix {{/dev/sdXN}}`

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## NAME
       ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS

## SYNOPSIS
       **ntfsfix** [_options_] _device_

## DESCRIPTION
       **ntfsfix** is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems.  **ntfsfix** is **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.

       You  may  run  **ntfsfix** on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other
       way and it cannot be mounted.

## OPTIONS
       Below is a summary of all the options that **ntfsfix** accepts.   Nearly  all  options  have  two
       equivalent  names.  The short name is preceded by **-** and the long name is preceded by **--**.  Any
       single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into  a  single  command,
       e.g.  **-fv** is equivalent to **-f** **-v**.  Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix
       of their name.

### -b --clear-bad-sectors
              Clear the list of bad sectors. This is useful after cloning an old disk with bad  sec‐
              tors to a new disk.

### -d --clear-dirty
              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.

### -h --help
              Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.

### -n --no-action
              Do not write anything, just show what would have been done.

### -V --version
              Show the version number, copyright and license

## BUGS
       There  are no known problems with **ntfsfix**.  If you find a bug please send an email describing
       the problem to the development team:
       <ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net>

## AUTHORS
       **ntfsfix** was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs  Szakacsits.   It
       was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.

## AVAILABILITY
       **ntfsfix** is part of the **ntfs-3g** package and is available from:
       <https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/>

## SEE ALSO
       [**mkntfs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mkntfs/8/markdown), [**ntfsprogs**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ntfsprogs/8/markdown)



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