PARTCLONE.NTFSFIXB(8)

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💅 partclone.ntfsfixboot(8) — the NTFS boot-fixer bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this is the partclone.ntfsfixboot manual page, and yes it's a whole thing. it lives in the Partclone User Manual family but it's lowkey the chaotic cousin. buckle up 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

partclone.ntfsfixboot — deals with braindeadness with moving NTFS filesystems. no cap, that's literally the job.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

partclone.ntfsfixboot [-w] [-h n] [-t n] [-s n] [-b] [-f] [-p] {DEVICE}

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: partclone.ntfsfixboot is NOT a part of the Partclone project, it's just included to fix the ntfs boot issue. like, it's a guest star. it still slays though 💅

for context bestie — Partclone provides utilities to backup used blocks and is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using an existing library, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read the used block of an ext2 partition. iconic behavior honestly.

partclone.ntfsfixboot deals with braindeadness with moving NTFS filesystems. written by Orgad Shaneh (2009) and Daniel J. Grace (2006). the OGs fr fr 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, a summary of options is included below.

  • -w — write new start sector to the partition. like actually committing to the bit ✍️
  • -h num — specify number of heads per track. if omitted, it's determined via ioctl. mystery mode 🙈
  • -t num — specify number of sectors per track. if omitted, determined via ioctl too. same vibe.
  • -s num — new start sector to write. if omitted, determined via ioctl. the program will figure it out itself, main character energy.
  • -b — proceed even if the specified device is not a partition. bold. love that for you.
  • -f — force the operation to occur even if device does not look like a valid NTFS partition or values are equal. brute force but make it cute 💀
  • -p — Print debug information (values read, values requested etc.
  • device — where device points to an NTFS partition. that's your target bestie 🎯

🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

partclone.ntfsfixboot provides some return codes, that can be used in scripts:

  • 0 — success (values are correct, or changed successfully) ✅ slay
  • 1 — a change is needed, but -w was not specified 😭 you forgot the flag
  • 2 — an error occured 💀 not the vibe

💀 BUGS 💀

Report bugs to thomas@clonezilla.org or http://partclone.org.

Report bugs to upstrem http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntfsfixboot/. (yes it says "upstrem", we don't gatekeep typos 💖)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

partclone(8), partclone.chkimg(8), partclone.restore(8), partclone.dd(8), partclone.info(8)

the whole friend group honestly 👑

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Yu-Chin Tsai <thomas@clonezilla.org>

Copyright © 2007 Yu-Chin Tsai

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

ngl the license paragraph is long but it's giving legal icon and we respect it 🫡

k that's the whole page bestie, go fix ur boot sector 💅✨

mwah 💖 this was PARTCLONE.NTFSFIXB(8) from the Partclone User Manual, dated 10/28/2026 — xoxo, your local manpage fairy 🧚‍♀️

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