MFT Fragmented/Corrupt - Is there any hope

[DXL]

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.

 

[Darren Curtis]

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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