- 1). Make sure that the NTFS volume is unmounted properly. If it is a native Windows drive, shutting down properly will unmount it correctly. If it is a thumb drive or similar removable media, under Windows you must "remove hardware" in the Taskbar before unplugging it. Under Linux (as root), type "umount /dev/devicename" into a terminal, where "devicename" is the name of the device, such as "hda5" or "sda2."
- 2). If you do not already have it, download ntfsprogs by using your native package manager, such as apt-get or emerge. If that does not work, download the source at the link under Resources (linux-NTFS.org). Then cd to the download location and type
"tar -xvzf ntfsprogs-version.tar.gz && cd ntfsprogs-version && ./configure && make all," where version is the version number, such as "2.0.0." - 3). Log into a terminal as root and type "ntfsck /dev/devicename," where "devicename" is the same as above. If unsure about devicename, type "cfdisk" to find out.
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