Re: Linux utility needed in Windoz Part 2

On 2/1/2022 5:39 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> On 1/23/2022 3:50 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>> Paul wrote:
>>>> On 1/17/2022 9:52 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>>>>    What i need to do is turn on/off the boot bit(byte).
>>>>>
>>>>>    Right now i can copy one or more partitions, thereby adding the requisite 100MB system sector to a windows system, making it usable.
>>>>>    But without that magic mark, it is not fully testable.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Yes, one could use Partmagic, but that requires re-cabling the computer and switching the OS.
>>>>>    Big PITA.
>>>>>
>>>>>    The Linux DD routine has been emulated for Windoz, so why not a Linux routine for this?
>>>>>
>>>>>     Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> On a legacy partitioned disk (not a GPT) that would be
>>>>
>>>>     administrator command prompt
>>>>
>>>>     diskpart
>>>>     list disk           # keep diskmgmt.msc open on the screen while you are working...
>>>>     select disk 3
>>>>     list partition
>>>>     select partition 2
>>>>     active
>>>>     exit
>>>>
>>>> Diskpart has pretty good help, to help you
>>>> figure it out.
>>>>
>>>> Third party application "ptedit32.exe" from powerquest,
>>>> a free utility in their paid suite, could also do it.
>>>> But as utilities go, it whines a bit, and if it does
>>>> not like the partition boundaries, size, or any other
>>>> casual integer number, it can actually just bail on
>>>> you. The utility was offered for download for ten years
>>>> from an FTP server at Symantec, until they closed down
>>>> the server one day. It still exists as a package download,
>>>> on "one of those downloader sites" (filehorse or the likes).
>>>>
>>>> http://mistyprojects.co.uk/documents/ptedit/index.html
>>>>
>>>> PTEDIT32 is sometimes good, if you need to visualize the
>>>> numbers in the partition table in the MBR sector 0, as well
>>>> as displaying the chained list of logical partition declarations.
>>>>
>>>> But really, with the function in diskpart, look no further.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft utilities are seldom uniform from one OS to the next,
>>>> and Robocopy is an example of that. Even the venerable CHKDSK,
>>>> has a few extra flags (poorly documented) that actually do
>>>> stuff you might appreciate. And you might have to boot an
>>>> installer DVD to use them. No, I have not done a comparative
>>>> study, just noticed there are differences. They don't believe
>>>> in backporting things, unless it is to MSFT advantage. For example,
>>>> "cleanmgr.exe", that WAS back-ported, which is at least one
>>>> example of a standup move by the corporation.
>>>>
>>>> Even Linux has utilities, such as "ntfsfix" for fixing the $MFTMIRR
>>>> that Windows 10 keeps breaking. This allows mounting NTFS
>>>> partitions that the Linux desktop told you they weren't going
>>>> to mount. I usually record the chit-chat that utility dumps to
>>>> terminal, in my "disk drive inventory" directory, for future usage.
>>>> That way, if at a future time, the partition is damaged, I can look
>>>> back and see if NTFSFIX might have played a part.
>>>    WTH? Used DuckDuckGo to search for a source of the program, and no
>>> reference had it, and a large number of them screamed "virus".
>>>
>>>     Thanks.
>>
>> In Linux, if it's not present, you use the Package Manager (like Synaptic)
>> to find and install it from the Repository tree.
>>
>> That's not a Windows executable, and it is not "ntfsfix.exe".
>> It's an ELF executable and is "ntfsfix".
>>
>> https://linux.die.net/man/8/ntfsprogs
>>
>> It's interesting, that in Linux Mint 20.3 Uma, it is not
>> in Package Manager, yet it is in the file tree as /usr/bin/ntfsfix.
>>
>>     sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2   # Assume /dev/sda2 is an NTFS partition
>>
>> Attempts to find it, it does not even show in the tree, which
>> means some genius has repackaged it somehow.
>>
>>     apt search ntfsprogs   # nothing shows up
>>
>> Normally, executables are packaged somehow, so that they can be
>> updated if a bug shows up and a new one is released.
>>
>> https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/ntfsprogs
>>
>> And as it says there, it is now ntfs-3g package
>>
>>     apt search ntfs-3g
>>
>> You should not need to be doing that sort of search, as
>> searching on ntfsfix should identify the package automatically.
>>
>> Doing Properties in Synaptic, on the already-installed "ntfs-3g"
>> package, and checking the File tab, shows that the package
>> owns and controls ntfsfix program.
>>
>> But for some reason, the convenient wiring is buggered. And this
>> was harder to trace down than you would expect.
>>
>>     Paul
> * My computer slowly degraded to the point thatt no matter what i did, more and more sites became insecure and thus impossible to visit/use with any browser.
>    Wasted 4 hours chasing that.
>    Formatted a wiped drive and installed Win7, the 2 daze to load/install my programs and my 60 some icons.
>    In the process, i lost 3 programs, and replaced one of them with a newer version.
>    Do you know anyone that has EAGLE 7.6.0, and would be willing to email
> a zipped replacement to me?
> 
>     Thanks

How will I know I have the correct file ???

http://eagle.autodesk.com/eagle/software-versions/2

    Paul