[Bug-ddrescue] How to properly repair rescued image?

[James W. Watts]

Hello,

I used ddrescue v1.3 to copy a crashed Windows XP NTFS partition. The rescued 
NTFS image file is
stored on a hard drive with a single EXT2 partition. Referencing the tutorial 
in 'ddrescue.info',
I will next copy the image to a different drive for the repair stage.

The tutorial states, "After the copy is repaired, with e2fsck or some other 
tool appropriate for
the type of partition..." I'm confused. Does this mean that the tool for repair 
needs to match the
file system of the rescued image file (NTFS in my case) or the file system of 
the partition on
which the rescued image file resides (EXT2 in my case)? Please advise.

If the latter is true, I presume I will be able to run e2fsck against the image 
for repair. If the
former is true, I'm not sure how to repair the image. Would I need to copy the 
image to an
NTFS-formatted hard drive, mount that HD in an XP machine, then run an NTFS 
partition repair tool?
I've looked for such a tool that is Linux-based (e.g. ntfsck), but it does not 
yet exist.

How do I properly repair my rescued NTFS image that is living on an EXT2 
partitioned hard drive?

Thank you,

James