ntfs.sys is missing or corrupted

[thomas234]

Hi,

I'm getting a message as XP SP3 starts to boot saying that windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys is missing or corrupt. I've done the usual copying it off the CD in the recovery console from both D:\i386 and C:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386, neither work. :doh:

Also tried copying it from another XP SP3 installation via Windows 7, with no luck! Memtest says there are no errors. chkdsk fixed a load of errors, but still not working! I'll be trying a repair install tomorrow, but I really would rather not have to do that!

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Thomas.

 

[macbeton]

Why do people insist on all that repair crap? A fresh install is always better! And if you are at least a poweruser - make your own edition of XP with nLite. It will install in 20 minutes, even on a 2GHz Celeron.

 

[donkey42]

come on Thomas you should know this

you are correct, this is fixable from the recovery console

what has happened is the MBR is being a tw4t

to fix enter recovery console and run

chkdsk /r

to fix any errors on HDD

then restore the MBR with

FIXMBR

and also restore the boot code with

FIXBOOT

and for good measure

BOOTCFG /REBUILD

to rebuild the boot configuration[ot]i'm saying you should know this crap & i couldn't find the commands - :doh:[/ot]

 

[Techtiger4]

This message appears when the NTFS file system gets damaged. And if the NTFS file system gets damaged then all of the data stored there also lost. In that scenario, you should use data recovery software to recover your valuable data- Windows Data Recovery Software - Recover Lost Data from FAT, NTFS Partition

 

[thomas234]

Sorry for the long delay in replying :D

Donkey, I'd tried them! But still no luck. In the end I had to wipe everything off and do a re-install.

Thanks for everyones help!!

Thomas.