We'll use Ubuntu for this example, but essentially you need an ntfs-3g package, which contains ntfsfix. Under Ubuntu, run the following to install it:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Then this (where /dev/sdd1 would be your ntfs disk):

ntfsfix /dev/sdd1

Depending on what you are trying to fix, you may want to use options -b and -d.

-d − attempts to fix dirty states of the disk

-b − attempts to fix bad sectors on the drive (or mark them as such, so they are not written to)

So your full command will be something like this:

ntfsfix -d -b /dev/sdd1

Add "sudo" if not running as root.

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