How to delete a corrupted file on an NTFS partition? I have an NTFS partition(`/dev/sda3`) mounted via **ntfs-3g** on arch linux. This partition contains a file called `cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529` which I want to delete. `ls -la` returns the following output ls: cannot access 'data/cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529': Input/output error total 16611578 #Some other files... d????????? ? ? ? ? ? cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529 Similarly `file cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529` returns `cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529: cannot open 'cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529' (Input/output error)` `ls -i` also returns `? cee431d2730eb5e1697bd57b3bb529`(it can't find the inode) I tried deleting it with `rm -f` which also fails with an input/output error(both as root and normal user). Running `ntfsfix /dev/sda3` also didn't fix the problem.

As far I know, currently there is no Linux tool for the fixing of ntfs partitions. `ntfsfix` is only a trick, it simply sets the partition as "clean", but it actually doesn't clean it.

Writing to a corrupted filesystem endangers the data on it, and we generally don't trust ntfs, thus we try to avoid the further data corruption, this is why this tool rather chooses to reject the deletion.

You need to use a different operating system to fix the partition. Ideally, to avoid rebooting your Linux, it is useful if you use some virtualization technology for that with direct partition access.