Checking an HPFS/NTFS file system

[Net Llama!]

I wouldn't know.  I don't use windows.

On 07/04/03 09:27, Joel Hammer wrote:

>> dd if=/dev/hdWHATEVER of=/dev/NEWDRIVE
> 
> Would this take care of any security/anti-theft devices windows my have put
> into their OS?
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:45:05AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
>> dd if=/dev/hdWHATEVER of=/dev/NEWDRIVE
>> 
>> of course if its working just fine with lindows, then i doubt there's 
>> anything physically wrong with it, and its prolly just XP being stupid.
>> 
>> On 07/04/03 08:37, Joel Hammer wrote:
>> 
>> > It's an old maxtor drive.
>> > This drive mounts automatically when I start lindows, as it turns out. 
>> > Everything seems to be fine.
>> > If I were to use dd, which options would write the whole drive contents to a new
>> > drive?
>> > Would windows boot from the new drive?
>> > 
>> > Joel
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:19:58AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
>> >> dd is your best bet for cloning a drive exactly.  tar would prolly work 
>> >> in a pinch.  Can you mount the NTFS patition under linux?  Can you read 
>> >> its contents?  Are there any errors when you do that?  In many cases, 
>> >> you shouldn't need any fancy vendor utilities to deterine that the drive 
>> >> is fscked.  What kind of drive is this?
>> >> 
>> >> On 07/03/03 21:01, Joel Hammer wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > 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?
>> >> > 
>> >> > Are there any easy ways just to clone the "failing" hard drive.  
>> >> > 
>> >> > Thanks,
>> 
>> 
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