ntfs.sys

[gazmond]

got a bit of a problem here and am wondering what to do.
clean installed xp pro, firewalled and anti virussed it
and then did windows updates, when i came to reboot it
the screen tells me that windows cannot start as the file
c:\windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys is either missing or
corrupt and to repair by pressing r when starting with
the installation cd. now this is the problem, i renamed
the file old and copied a new one from i386 on the cd,
still the same, wont boot, then i copied ntfs.sys from my
other pc onto a floppy and tried the whole thing again,
still the same error message, and i still cant start my
new pc, what, if anything am i doing wrong??? anyone help
a desperate man?????

 

[peter]

Stop 0x00000024 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
The Stop 0x24 message indicates that a problem occurred within Ntfs.sys, the
driver file that allows the system
to read and write to NTFS file system
drives. A similar Stop message, 0x23, exists for the file allocation table
(FAT16 or FAT32) file systems.

#1. Run CHKDSK in XP Recovery Console:
Set pc BIOS to boot from CDROM. Place XP CD in drive. Reboot from the CD.
Select the first option
R Repair/Recovery Console. Select your Windows
partition by number. Usually it is 1 . Login to XP with administrator
password.
Then run CHKDSK /P from the command line. (In R console /P
replaces /F ).

Run it once (or repeat) until it shows no errors. This should clear the
"dirty" flag on the disk drive C.
Run CHKDSK for each drive on your system.
CHKDSK /P :X where X is letter for disk drive

References for Recovery Console:
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console - Article ID Q314058
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;q307654

To exit the R Console, use the EXIT command.

#2. You are highly encouraged to have the Recovery Console installed on your
disk so that it is a bootup choice.

#3. Take a look at this, especially if your file system is NTFS.
Windows XP Patch: NTFS chkdsk.exe Update
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=36422
Also http://support.microsoft.com/support/misc/kblookup.asp?ID=315403

peter