[Gllug] NTFS fix under DOS

[Xander D Harkness]

You are are a nutter to run such stuff - find another solution - there 
will be one.  I am running Linux in a full M$ shop and after eight 
months all of the w2k techies have now tried Linux.  I had to fight for 
my Linux desktop, it was worth it.

Linux came in the back door and management are now seeing that I running 
  in excess of 40 servers by myself have not had one fall over, while 8 
M$ techies only crashed 2 of their 58 servers yesterday.  Oh and virii 
yep I love receiving those.

Linux is a better fix for the data, in addition you get to back it up 
before doing anything further :-)

Otherwise compile a kernel with NTFS support, copy the data off.  I will 
be surprised if Linux does not see it.  (I solved similar problems here 
for the windowsheads on w2k)  Then format the drive, don't forget about 
the 2GB limitation on their crappy OS and copy the data back before 
re-install.

Here's hoping you junk the windows gumph :-)

Kind regards
Xander



Formi wrote:
>  Question,
> 
>  I need to fix a couple of NTFS partitions, before reinstalling NT, it's been 
>  broken for 3 months.
> 
>   The problem is that the installer doesn't recognise the partitions as ntfs 
> any more, and I don't want to lose some settings.
> 
>  Is there any program like chkdsk or scandisk for ntfs running under DOS ???
> 
>  Just thought I could ask before using fdisk..
> 
>  Formi.
> 
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