Mount NTFS disk as a read and write volume and not read only.

[redhatdude at bellsouth.net]

>
> Put the disk back in the machine. Boot using the XP install disk.  
> Choose to repair using the Recovery Console...?
>
> Surely far less hassle...
>

Surely less hassle if the disk wasn't completely full, 26k left. When  
I did what you're suggesting, the windows installer didn't recognize  
the parition format and wanted to reformat it. With ntfsfix I was  
able to repair the disk, cause windows crashed when the disk got  
full, and with ntfs-3g I mounted it and deleted all the junk it had.  
I put it back in the PC and windows booted with no problem.
Thanks
EJ