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Is there any way to mark a NTFS-fileystem dirty using ntfstools/ntfs-3g or any other tool, so it gets chkdsk'd when windows boots? I know I can do that from windows or the recovery console but I'm curious if this is possible.

georg
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Unix answer: man ntfsfix.

Turbo J
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It seems that 'ntfsfix -d DEVICE', optionally followed by 'ntfsfix DEVICE' should set the volume as dirty if there is anything wrong. ntfsfix attempts to clear the 'dirty' flag, but if it cannot repair and mount the volume then it sets the flag for the next boot into Windows.

Micah
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