Comments on: How to fix "Missing or corrupt NTFS.sys" error in Windows XP

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:09:24 +0000

I am getting the same error message but my cd won’t even open to put in the cd in to try any of your suggestions. I can manually open it with a paper clip and put the cd in but it isn’t working. Anyone?

By: whitebiscuit

whitebiscuit — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:59:27 +0000

When I press ‘r’ at window setup ,it make me restart and back to original.

By: solve your problem

solve your problem — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:05:03 +0000

so i had the BSOD with it saying “Page fault in nonpaged area”. the problem was the ntfs.sys file. i tried EVERYTHING! i ran all the features under F5. i did a HDD test (passed), a RAM test (passed), DOS CD and USB, recovery from multiple windows discs…nada it would crash each time i tried.

this is how i fixed my problem. if it doesnt work for you, its your problem.

i created a boot cd called “the ulimate boot cd for windows”, or UBCD4Win. here’s the download link:

ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm

burnt the iso onto a CD and ran it. it took a few tries but it finally worked. i ran xplorer² and it let me access to the C: drive. i rename ntfs.sys to ntfs.old. i then copied the ntfs.sys file from the boot CD and pasted it into my C drive. if your not sure where, paste it here:

[c:\windows\system32\drivers]

rebooted the computer and VOILA! 100% working

By: Soylent

Soylent — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:42 +0000

I was having this problem and the drive would blue-screen any computer I hooked it to. None of the other fixes I researched worked for me. I realize this fix won’t be available to everyone, but here was my solution: my drive is a SATA drive (and therefore hot swappable) so what I did was install the OS (Vista) on another hard drive that was the same size as the drive with the corrupt file. Then I booted to the Vista CD and chose the repair option, then went to command prompt. I then hot-swapped the drives and guess what, I could read the drive! From that point I imagine one could extract the new ntfs.sys file from the cd. In my case, the entire System32 directory was corrupt. Luckily I was only concerned with doing a data copy so I just renamed the directory. After that I could see the files while in Windows and thus copy what I needed off the drive.

By: RATHEESH

RATHEESH — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:08:23 +0000

I format my laptop’s hard disk (Win XP SP2) and I try to reinstall, but it’s not working. It’s showing check for virus on your computer, remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers, run CHKDSK/F to check for hard drive corruption, etc.

Technical information is showing *** STOP: 0X0000007B, (0XF7A4524, 0X0000034, 0X0000000, 0X0000000).

By: mee

mee — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:21:03 +0000

Hi.

Trying to do the reparation installation. I didn’t got the same screen as you, because I have two hard drives (I got windows XP on the C: drive). I don’t know what to choose between partitions and that stuff.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:57:36 +0000

It would be great to have gotten xp cd with computer. I will not buy another computer without the cd’s needed to fix so many problems! Whose idea was it to sell the computers without the cd’s??????????????

By: tom

tom — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:41:06 +0000

hi, i used the CHKDSK /R and if was working fine until it hit 71% then i was getting about 1% every 10 minutes until at 74% it randomly went back to 50% and hasnt moved for about 2 hours now. any suggestion? i already tried to reset but still stuck on 50%

By: Radneil Racuya

Radneil Racuya — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:21:08 +0000

Thanks for the post, it will help a lot of people solve this problem!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:37:04 +0000

OMG…I restarted my computer and got that system32 error, I was freaking out!!! Called Dell Customer Support, they were no help (would have cost me $60). Went to microsoft, but the cause for my error were not the same. I found this site and was so happy to see that this was someone who had experienced this! Tried the first two fixes and they did not work. Tried the third and it worked!!!! I does seem like you are installing new xp but when my computer finally booted up everything seemed to be there. Only has an error with photo gallery.
Thank you so much for your help!

By: Max

Max — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:40:45 +0000

In my case, taking half of my RAM out helped and the Windows booted OK. Thank you all for helpful comments and taking time to report your solutions!

By: tom

tom — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:00:55 +0000

joel, have u had a rogue spyware program installed lately. that is something ive seen alot after someone has gotten one. Is that why you’re wanting to do a restore??

By: joel

joel — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:01:02 +0000

hey i need to system restore my computer but when i click on system restore it ask me what program would i choose to open system restore and im confused

By: Federico

Federico — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:31:25 +0000

THANK YOU. With this post, I regained all my Windows programs and files. VERY GOOD!

By: JOSE MIGUEL

JOSE MIGUEL — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:04:58 +0000

en cuanto al error del ntfs.sys y su pantallazo azul, lo he solucionado siguiendo unos pasos muy sencillos despues de comerme tanto la cabeza con cds live etc… :

1. Descargar una distro de linux(Ubuntu): http://ubuntu.grn.cat/ubuntu-releases/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso.
O bien, si ya teneis descargada la distro, metedla desde un lector de CD o DVD.

2. Una vez metidos en Ubuntu, sin tener que instalarlo, nos metemos en nuestro disco duro, por defeto(X:/Windows/System32/Drivers/ntfs.sys), borramos el archivo ntfs.sys a mano, tecleando simplemente la tecla Supr, sin comandos raros.

3. Reiniciamos el ordenador, sin ejecutar la distro Linux, intentando arrancar el disco duro, bien, pues ya no nos sale la pantalla azul, sino la tipica negra y con letras blancas, diciéndonos que no localiza el fichero, que reparemos desde el disco de instalación de Windows.

4. Arrancamos el CD de Windows, pulsamos la opción R de reparar, y ya podremos hacer los pasos correctos para copiar el archivo NTFS al directorio del disco duro.

5. Reiniciamos el PC y se inicia todo correctamente.