Comment 3 for bug 1280574

> Does this also happen to files on external devices (such as a usb key) ?
No, I copied a file to my USB flash drive and was able to access it in Windows and copy it to an NTFS partition.

> A file has also probably been created in "Win/System Volume Information/Chkdsk"..
File attached.

> When you start Ubuntu after having logged off Windows normally, what is the
> output of :
> sudo head -c 30 'Win/$LogFile' | tail -c 4 | od -t x2
> (Replace Win by your actual mount point, keep the quotes or escape the '$')
>
> What does the same command return when you switch to Ubuntu from
> Windows through a "restart" instead of "shut down" ?

The output in both cases is:
0000000 0001 0001
0000004