MKNTFS(8) (NAME) mkntfs - NTFS (SYNOPSIS) mkntfs [options] device [number-of-sectors] mkntfs [ -C ] [ -c cluster-size ] [ -F ] [ -f ] [ -H heads ] [ -h ] [ -I ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -l ] [ -n ] [ -p part-start-sect ] [ -Q ] [ -q ] [ -S sectors-per-track ] [ -s sector-size ] [ -T ] [ -U ] [ -V ] [ -v ] [ -z mft-zone-multiplier ] [ --debug ] device [ number-of-sectors ] (DESCRIPTION) mkntfs NTFS ( ) . device ( /dev/hdXX). number-of-sectors . mkntfs . (OPTIONS) mkntfs . . - --. . -fv -f -v. . . Basic options -f, --fast, -Q, --quick (fast format) . . -L, --label STRING (volume label) . -C, --enable-compression . -n, --no-action mkntfs . . Advanced options -c, --cluster-size BYTES . ( ) . mkntfs . . ( NTFS ). -s, --sector-size BYTES . . mkntfs sector-size . -p, --partition-start SECTOR . (2^32-1) . mkntfs part-start-sect 0 . part-start-sect . -H, --heads NUM . (0xffff) . mkntfs heads 0 . heads . -S, --sectors-per-track NUM (sectors per track) . (0xffff) . mkntfs sectors-per-track 0 . sectors-per-track . -z, --mft-zone-multiplier NUM MFT MFT . MFT (MFT) ( MFT) . . MFT NTFS (fragmentation) . . : +--------------------------------+ |MFT zone MFT zone size | |multiplier (% of volume size) | | 1 12.5% (default) | | 2 25.0% | | 3 37.5% | | 4 50.0% | +--------------------------------+ -T, --zero-time 00:00:00 UTC . . -U, --with-uuid UUID . -I, --no-indexing (content indexing) . ( Windows 2000 . Windows NT 4.0 .) -F, --force mkntfs device (mount) . Output options -q, --quiet stderr stdout . mkntfs . -v, --verbose . --debug -v mkntfs. Help options -V, --version mkntfs . -l, --license mkntfs . -h, --help . (KNOWN ISSUES) chkdsk : "Correcting errors in the uppercase file." uppercase . uppercase chkdsk . mkntfs uppercase Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 . chkdsk . (BUGS) : ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net (AUTHORS) mkntfs Anton Altaparmakov Richard Russon Erik Sornes Szabolcs Szakacsits . Erik Larsson Jean-Pierre Andre ntfs-3g . (AVAILABILITY) mkntfs ntfs-3g : https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki (SEE ALSO) badblocks(8), ntfsprogs(8) ntfs-3g 2026.7.7 MKNTFS(8)