.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Richard Russon.
.\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
.\"
.TH NTFSFIX 8 "January 2006" "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.
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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\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.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
.sp
The manual pages are available online at:
.br
.nh
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/
.hy
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mkntfs (8),
.BR ntfsprogs (8)
