[olug] hard drive

[T. J. Brumfield]

If I recall correctly,

FUSE = Filesystem in user space.

Most modern distros don't use the standard ntfs driver in the kernel,
which by default is read-only. They use ntfs-3g, which is a FUSE
filesystem. The kernel just sees it as a fuseblk, because the kernel
isn't loading the filesystem driver.

It continues to shock me that there isn't a good Linux based
scan/repair tool for NTFS. Everyone I ask about it says you should
just boot to Linux and run chkdsk, but I think this would be a perfect
opportunity to show off the utility of Linux, by being able to boot to
a live CD and repair a NTFS partition.

Ubuntu may be able to see the partition type, but that doesn't mean it
isn't corrupt.

Your best option may be to put the drive in an external bay, boot into
Windows and try a chkdsk. If it won't mount at all, then try a vendor
supplied hard drive repair tool. For instance Western Digital makes
tools to repair Western Digital drives, etc.

If you don't have an external bay, you can try a BartPE Windows disc,
which is basically a limited "Live CD" for Windows.

-- T. J.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Kelly Williams
<kellywilliams81 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had a hard drive that was formated in NTFS. I had to backup the server due
> to hardware upgrade. It my software server where I have all the opensource
> software, ISOs, and machine images for my clonezilla software.  I plugged in
> the drive to my windows system then it said that It was corrupted  and would
> not  work and it was making weird noises. I thought the drive was shot. I
> was about reformat  the hard drive to see if it still works. I plugged it my
> laptop that has ubuntu 9.04 it started up. I looked on system monitor and
> under the file systems tab and it said it was a fuseblk type. I am trying to
> figure out how it got to a fuseblk format instead of NTFS that I use it on
> my Windows systems and Linux Systems. Any ideas how this happen and how to
> prevent this.
>
> Kelly
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