---
name: "partclone.ntfsfixboot"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "partclone"
version: "0.3.52-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/partclone.ntfsfixboot"
---

# partclone.ntfsfixboot(8)

deals with braindeadness with moving NTFS filesystems.

## NAME

partclone.ntfsfixboot - deals with braindeadness with moving NTFS filesystems.

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

**partclone.ntfsfixboot** is NOT a part of **Partclone** project but included to fix ntfs boot issue. Partclone provide utilities to backup used blocks and design for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing library, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read the used block of ext2 partition.

**Partclone.ntfsfixboot** deals with braindeadness with moving NTFS filesystems. writted by Orgad Shaneh (2009) and Daniel J. Grace (2006).

## 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.

- **-h** *num*

  Specify number of heads per track. If omitted, determined via ioctl.

- **-t** *num*

  Specify number of sectors per track. If omitted, determined via ioctl.

- **-s** *num*

  New start sector to write. If omitted, determined via ioctl.

- **-b**

  Proceed even if the specified device is not a partition.

- **-f**

  Force the operation to occur even if device does not look like a valid NTFS partition or values are equal.

- **-p**

  Print debug information (values read, values requested etc.

*device*

where device points to an NTFS partition

## DIAGNOSTICS

The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:

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

| | |
| --- | --- |
| *Code* | *Diagnostic* |
| **0** | success (values are correct, or changed successfully) |
| **1** | a change is needed, but -w was not specified |
| **2** | an error occured |

## BUGS

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

Report bugs to upstrem **http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntfsfixboot/**.

## SEE ALSO

[**partclone**(8)](/partclone/8.md), [**partclone.chkimg**(8)](/partclone.chkimg/8.md), [**partclone.restore**(8)](/partclone.restore/8.md), [**partclone.dd**(8)](/partclone.dd/8.md), [**partclone.info**(8)](/partclone.info/8.md)

## AUTHOR

**Yu-Chin Tsai** \<thomas@clonezilla.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Yu-Chin Tsai\

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