I *think* it is this bug that has affected me twice recently. Both times Windows 7 had put itself into hibernate without me realising (happened when I left the computer on overnight in Windows). I then continued to use Linux (and the NTFS partitions without problems). When I next booted into Windows I noticed strange errors, and some portions of my hard drive were inaccessible when I was back in Ubuntu. The Windows disk-checking utility however managed to fix everything and reported no bad sectors on the hard drive.
The volume that was affected was a separate NTFS volume (i.e. not the one Windows was installed one), but one that I use regularly from within Ubuntu (and whenever I'm in Windows).
I don't really have the means to test this because my hard drives have data on them that would be inconvenient to lose, but not critical enough to back up.
I *think* it is this bug that has affected me twice recently. Both times Windows 7 had put itself into hibernate without me realising (happened when I left the computer on overnight in Windows). I then continued to use Linux (and the NTFS partitions without problems). When I next booted into Windows I noticed strange errors, and some portions of my hard drive were inaccessible when I was back in Ubuntu. The Windows disk-checking utility however managed to fix everything and reported no bad sectors on the hard drive.
The volume that was affected was a separate NTFS volume (i.e. not the one Windows was installed one), but one that I use regularly from within Ubuntu (and whenever I'm in Windows).
This forum post might offer a possible root cause: http:// forums. linuxmint. com/viewtopic. php?f=200& t=76051
I don't really have the means to test this because my hard drives have data on them that would be inconvenient to lose, but not critical enough to back up.