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| OS XP Home Edition, SP1 I started getting the following message" $MFT is corrupt and unreadable. I have run chkdsk with f and r switches several times. I alway get a clean disk report when chkdsk completes. When I searched this message, I saw references to a failing hard drive, however chkdsk utility did not find any bad sectors. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. June |
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| It isn't necessarily bad sectors. The NTFS system is like a database; your message means that the database is messed up. Back up all important data you can still access as soon as possible! Try the following: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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| Mike, thanks for the reply. I downloaded Test Disk and as soon as I can, will look through documentation found on their website. I was only able to look at a couple of sections because I am pulling a double at work tonight, but from what I read, it looks like this is used for a bad disk. If in fact it is the NTFS that is messed up, will this be able to fix the problem? Again, thanks for your help. June |
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| It tries to fix the NTFS system, and the MFT is part of that. Back up anything you can still access first though.
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