-------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: puppy Linux reports problems with USB/network driveUTC Time: May 21, 2017 11:33 AMFrom: pascal@plouf.fr.eu.orgLe 21/05/2017 à 04:56, Albert Hodge a écrit :>> When I plugged it into the USB port it gave a warning message, that the> NTFS -3g driver was able to mount the NTFS partition but says, Dirty> volume mount was forced by the "force" mount option. It is mounted> read/write, but advice is only write to it in emergency situation.> recommendation is boot windows and fix the filesystem first!!!!!>> It's going to be a while before I can get a system built to run winxp,> is there a Linux option I can run on this old computer to fix the drive?You can try ntfsck or ntfsfix from ntfs-3g (formerly ntfsprogs).Use with caution.testdisk may be able to at least tell you what if anything may be wrong with it.Also I am told that team-os https://www.teamos-hkrg.com/index.php iso of win installations are pretty reliable and download quick. Just plug in and install, no keys nothing ... Make sure you get their latest security fixed edition.