My father didn't get an installation CD for XP when he got a used computer from a small shop a few years back. Today when he tried to start his computer, he got a screen saying missing or corrupt system32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys ...insert installation CD and hit "r" for repair when prompted. How can we fix this without his own installation CD?
2006-10-03 10:19:40 · 6 answers · asked by carlos 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You don't repair it without an installation CD... do you have one?
A. The full error you receive on start-up is
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys
To resolve this error, you need to use the Recovery Console (RC) to replace the ntfs.sys file by performing the following steps:
Insert the XP installation CD-ROM and reboot your machine.
When the installation menu appears, press the R key to start an RC session.
When prompted, select the installation and enter the Administrator password.
At the console, navigate to the system32\drivers folder, assuming your Windows folder is called "windows," by typing
cd \windows\system32\drivers
Rename the current ntfs.sys file by typing
ren ntfs.sys ntfs.bad
Copy the ntfs.sys file from your installation CD-ROM to your current location by tying
copy
Be sure you include the period at the end of the command to instruct your system to use the current location.
Remove the XP installation CD-ROM, then restart your machine.
2006-10-03 10:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by ladeehwk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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My father didn't get an installation CD for XP when he got a used computer from a small shop a few years back. Today when he tried to start his computer, he got a screen saying missing or corrupt system32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys ...insert installation CD and hit "r" for repair when...
2015-08-16 15:49:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would need a copy of the file on a floppy disk or a cd rom disk and you would need to go into a dos prompt and use some basic dos commands like copy to copy the file to the directory the file needs to be in.
2006-10-03 10:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by djskeets 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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not usually...did you check your hard drive to see if there is a directory named i386? that is where the installation files are kept.
2016-04-06 07:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ntfs.sys
2016-09-28 11:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by theberge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is to define a standard protocol so that independently developed applications of instant messaging and/or presence can interoperate across the Internet.
2006-10-03 10:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Sorry.
2016-03-21 01:37:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋