data repair
I used PartitionMagic to remove my linux distro (so I could do a fresh install on another hdd) and move/resize my NTFS partitions. After doing that, I had to "repair" XP so it would would boot. Now, XP won't read all of the data on one of my partitions.
I have tried to use checkdisk, but it consistently freezes after x number of errors. I have also tried to repair it using TestDisk, but it is having trouble because it reports the hdd as smaller than it really is.
The last thing I tried really blew my mind. Knoppix (LiveCD) reads the partition perfectly fine, as if there were no errors. How can a Linux distro read an NTFS partition perfectly fine and Windows can't when Microsoft is the one who created the NTFS specs and wouldn't release them?
I was just wondering if there is a way ensure that there are no errors and fix them if there were. I tried to run fsck, but I guess there is no ntfs support for fsck yet. Is there anything else I could try? Is NTFS write support pretty stable in linux yet?
Any suggestions are appreciated. The next thing I was going to try was to reinstall/upgrade my XP using an XP with SP2 disk.
Thanks.
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