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How to unmark an NTFS cluster as bad?
How do I unmark clusters as bad in NTFS?
Background
I mistakenly ran
>chkdsk /R
on my SSD, where
/R: Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F)
/F: Fixes errors on ...
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Can not copy files after installing windows
I am experiencing a weird problem. I was running Xubuntu on my laptop until yesterday that I had to delete Xubuntu and install Windows.
I had a NTFS partition on my Xubuntu that I kept some files on ...
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How can I fix an inconsistent NTFS file system without Windows?
I have a Dell laptop that came with Windows from the factory. Since then, I have installed Linux and replaced the hard drive with an SSD. The NTFS partition is inconsistent (a result of bad sectors on ...
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NTFS file corruption when using drive with Windows and Linux Mint
I have two identical Seagate Barracuda drives in an IcyBox/Raidsonic dual HDD enclosure, one is formatted as NTFS the other is a TrueCrypt volume (both were created on Windows 7).
I have always had ...
user227209
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Copying contents from an NTFS disk to exFAT formatted disk
Will there be any problem if I copy contents from an NTFS hard disk to an exFAT hard disk? I will take files from Windows 7 on an NTFS external HDD and copy them on a Fedora machine.
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Hard drive error - NTFS damaged
I am helping a friend recover data from a computer (lenovo). After what I was told was a hard shutdown, the computer does not get past the system repair screen. (Windows failed to start)
Booting off ...
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changing ntfs permissions for Windows internal usage, from linux
Troubleshooting an Windows 7 installation. One tactic is to increase permissions on files/directories ACL's (access control lists) for windows, from within windows, so all system data and drivers etc ...
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Hard drives working on Linux but no so much on Windows
there,
I am having this problem:
I have 3 sata hard drives that are working perfectly on Ubuntu but on Windows 7 two of them work awful (very very often it hangs for like 2 minutes to load the ...
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Cannot rename a file containing spaces and special characters on NTFS partition from Linux
I have both Windows 7 and Kubuntu installed on a computer. They both have access to a NTFS partition. I don't know how that happened, but I now have a directory containing weird characters: Bases de ...
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Migrating Windows 7 to new hard drive/partition
So, I'be managed to migrate my Windows 7 data over from /dev/sdb3 to a new partition on /dev/sdc1 using ntfsclone. I managed to resize the volume size to match the new partition size. I also used ms-...
user112351
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Access to NTFS volume from KNOPPIX live cd
Im trying to recover some data from my friends laptop, since it wont boot from the harddisk anymore. From the knoppix cd i can find harddrive but when i try to access it im asked for a password. ...
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How to copy Windows system files using linux?
I want to migrate my Windows 7 to an SSD. The SSD is 80G, and the system is installed on a 500G partition, most of which is used. So, I can't just clone the partition.
I have an Ubuntu LiveCD, and I ...
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NTFS drive damaged after unsafe removal from Windows 7
First, some info on the drive - it's a USB 2.0 portable hard drive (PQI H560), one partition spanning all 640GB, NTFS. Used almost exclusively on Linux (arch and ubuntu), but initially formatted on ...
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are there any drawback for using NTFS for linux?
I use linux for work (perform c++ calculations, latex) and I use windows for entertainment (dj software, tablet functionality). I'd like to access (read and write) to my linux partition from windows.
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Linux cannot see Windows 7 partitions on install
I've been trying to install Linux as a dual boot with Windows 7 on my Dell latitude e6510. It is currently running Windows 7 and I have used the MS disk tools to shrink the Win 7 NTFS partition to ...
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