Checking an HPFS/NTFS file system

[Hermann J. Beckers]

 On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 00:01:12 -0400 - Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com>
 wrote the following
>I dual boot a lindows computer and XP Pro.
>
>Suddenly (in fact, after running the lindows 4.0 demo cdrom), XP pro loads
>and runs VERY slowly. The only other symptom is the fact the hard drive
>light, instead of flickering when it starts up, stays continuously red.
>
>XP has the HPFS/NTFS file system.
>
>My suspicion is that the hard drive, which is an old cast off, is
>the problem.  Are there any tools in linux  I could use to check out
>this drive?
>
Hi Joel, 

from a german linux-list (and memory): Seems XP tries to recognize the linux 
partition(s) and that may be the reason for the slowdown. Look under -> 
Computer administration -> volume administration: For your linux partition(s) 
it should show "without error (unknown partition)" or something similiar. 
Thats my translation from my german WinXP.

hth
hjb