The only comment is if you are only sharing data between windows and linux ntfs is not the best file system to use as you have stated above. I prefere exfat native to both windows and linux.

[image] a_0vi: That’s why I needed to confirm which option provides FSUTIL among these options Note that chkdsk and fsutil are available on both a Windows To Go USB or Windows installer DVD/ISO/USB, but not on Hiren’s BootCD PE: Windows installer DVD/ISO/USB (recommended) Boot with the DVD/…

I’m amazed with the post. Big thumbs up! :+1: one thing I need to be clear of… [image] [Primer] NTFS on Linux The Windows utility FSUTIL … can be useful if the dirty bit has been previously cleared by a Linux too… So I already did the ntfsfix thing on linux and now I want to use chkdsk from v…

[image] a_0vi: So just like chkdsk is the FSUTIL available in the installer environment ? Likely, very likely. (as an installer should be able to perform these tasks …) As it looks like you’ll probably need it anyways, why don’t you try? There are a couple of options beside a Windows insta…

[image] a_0vi: is the FSUTIL available in the installer environment I don’t recall, specifically. I considered removing that section about fsutil, as it’s not really relevant. Chkdsk will be available though. Keep in mind that fsutil will not fix the problem - all it does is check for or set…

[image] soundofthunder: I considered removing that section about fsutil, as it’s not really relevant. but… [image] [Primer] NTFS on Linux The Windows utility FSUTIL can check for and set a dirty bit. This can be useful if the dirty bit has been previously cleared by a Linux tool and chkds…

[image] a_0vi: I’ve already cleared the dirty bit by ntfsfix without actually repairing I missed that, sorry. Yes, in that case you can set the dirty bit again using fsutil and then use chkdsk.

just to be clear, ►RUN CHKDSK FROM BOOTABLE MEDIA ►RUN CHKDSK FROM A VIRTUAL MACHINE ►MULTIBOOT MANJARO AND WINDOWS I don’t want the Multiboot option and since the NTFS partition is my internal storage and I don’t wanna take the risk: [image] [Primer] NTFS on Linux If the affected NTFS vol…

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a_0vi 19 May 2024 04:10 5

but…

since I’ve already cleared the dirty bit by ntfsfix without actually repairing it, so is it sufficient to only run chkdsk ?