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12-28-2003, 03:40 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: delhi
Distribution: redhat 8.0 ,fedora
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checkdisk in linux
how do i do checkdisk in linux
i want to check my windows partition for disk errors
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12-28-2003, 04:17 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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testdisk
man testdisk (looks appropriate)
also look at fdisk, cfdisk, gpart, parted to see what they do.
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12-28-2003, 04:33 AM
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Mosquitoville
Distribution: RH 6.2, Gen2, Knoppix,arch, bodhi, studio, suse, mint
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without the partition mounted,
dosfsck /dev/hdX whatever the partition is.
that will do a readonly check.
dosfsck -a /dev/hdX will actually fix the errors.
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