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.
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.
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 Code: chkdsk /r to fix any errors on HDD then restore the MBR with Code: FIXMBR and also restore the boot code with Code: FIXBOOT and for good measure Code: BOOTCFG /REBUILD to rebuild the boot configuration[ot]i'm saying you should know this crap & i couldn't find the commands - :doh:[/ot]
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
Sorry for the long delay in replying 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.