MFT Fragmented/Corrupt - Is there any hope

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Playing with eraser shareware, I managed to write about 250,000 1KB files
written into the root partition on my boot drive. After painful deletion of
the offending files I rebooted and got the old NTLDR is missing error. I am
assuming this is due to the MFT being fragged beyond belief and the NTLDR
entry has been pushed out of the active sector.

What if anything can I do to recover/defrag the MFT or do I bite the bullet
and start over?

Technet talks of bcupdate2 as being a solution to this but it would appear
from the web that the utility is fictional.

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave L.
 
BCUPDATE2 is alive and well and we use it all the time.

It is unfortunately only available from a Microsoft support tech.

It is a free support call however. Just call in and ask for the BCUPDATE2 fix and reference the following:

You Receive an "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Start Your Computer (320397)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320397

Use a Boot Floppy to boot past the fragmented MFT.

How to troubleshoot the "NTLDR Is Missing" error message in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;[LN];318728

Best Regards,
Darren Curtis, MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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