Can this disk be repaired? Does it need to be?

[Bruce Labitt]

Have an SSD formatted to NTFS.  I had intended to use it between linux and
Win7 as a backup.  It worked for a while in both OS.  Yesterday Win7 asked
if I wanted to repair the disk.  Since there are directories and file names
that are not windows safe, I declined.

Later in the day, I reconnected the disk to my win7 machine, and the
computer could not recognize the drive.

*Location is not available*
E:\ is not accessible
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable

It asked if I wanted to format the disk.  Umm, no.

Later in the evening, I connected my SSD to my linux laptop.  It opened the
SSD and files within it without problem.

I looked at the disk in gparted, and it showed a non-descriptive !, and
something about not being able to read it, suggesting I install ntfsprogs
and ntfs-3g.  However, ntfs-3g is already on my laptop (and clearly
running, along with fuse).  *The "!" is just that the disk is unmounted.*
gparted also showed a green box, and a key icon next to the SDD name
/dev/sdc1.

Is this fixable?  Am I headed to uncertain doom?  Seriously, is there a way
to get back to having win7 recognize the disk again?  Or should I get yet
another disk, transfer the cross-platform compatible files and directories
and start all over again?  Should I use a different file format?

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

Ubuntu 14.10.  i7, 32GB Ram, 240GB SSD main drive, Crucial 1TB SSD in
Inatech USB3 housing.
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