Guest knucmo Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Hello, my laptop was running fine until all of a sudden the message in the subject header came up when I tried to start it. I have read all this wonderful mystical advice about "yeah man, boot the recovery console and all else follows". I have the XP install CD. Exactly how does ONE reboot the recovery console? Please can somebody help I CANNOT afford to lose anything on that computer! P. S. If by "booting" the recovery console that means pressing "r", then this boots me into an infinite regress - it just keeps rebooting inspite of the XP cd being in the CD drive.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: ntfs.sys missing or corrupt - Serious trouble "knucmo" <stevejouanny@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1190503514.660760.181400@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Hello, my laptop was running fine until all of a sudden the message in > the subject header came up when I tried to start it. I have read all > this wonderful mystical advice about "yeah man, boot the recovery > console and all else follows". I have the XP install CD. Exactly how > does ONE reboot the recovery console? Please can somebody help I > CANNOT afford to lose anything on that computer! > > > P. S. If by "booting" the recovery console that means pressing "r", > then this boots me into an infinite regress - it just keeps rebooting > inspite of the XP cd being in the CD drive. > You write "I CANNOT afford to lose anything on that computer!" Now let's forget all this mystical advice and get back to reality. If you cannot afford to lose anything on that computer then why don't you back up your important files to an independent medium? EVERY WEEK? I see a contradiction there . . . In view of the importance of your files, your first task must be to secure them. The second is to restore Windows if possible. Here is how to resolve the first task: 1. Remove the hard disk from your laptop. With most laptops it's easy, with some you have to remove the keyboard first. 2. Buy an external USB case for a 2.5" hard disk. They cost around $20.00. 3. Install the disk in this case. 4. Connect the USB case to some other Windows PC. 5. Save your irreplaceable files to that PC's disk. And while you're at it, check ntfs.sys on your disk. It's supposed to be in the c:\windows\system32 folder. About backing up your files regularly: Get a 60 GByte 2.5" disk, then install it in the USB case after resolving your problem. It would be a very effective backup medium!
Guest knucmo Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Re: ntfs.sys missing or corrupt - Serious trouble On 23 Sep, 07:31, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > "knucmo" <stevejoua...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1190503514.660760.181400@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > > > Hello, my laptop was running fine until all of a sudden the message in > > the subject header came up when I tried to start it. I have read all > > this wonderful mystical advice about "yeah man, boot the recovery > > console and all else follows". I have the XP install CD. Exactly how > > does ONE reboot the recovery console? Please can somebody help I > > CANNOT afford to lose anything on that computer! > > > P. S. If by "booting" the recovery console that means pressing "r", > > then this boots me into an infinite regress - it just keeps rebooting > > inspite of the XP cd being in the CD drive. > > You write "I CANNOT afford to lose anything on that computer!" > Now let's forget all this mystical advice and get back to reality. If > you cannot afford to lose anything on that computer then why > don't you back up your important files to an independent medium? > EVERY WEEK? I see a contradiction there . . . > > In view of the importance of your files, your first task must be > to secure them. The second is to restore Windows if possible. > Here is how to resolve the first task: > > 1. Remove the hard disk from your laptop. With most laptops > it's easy, with some you have to remove the keyboard first. > 2. Buy an external USB case for a 2.5" hard disk. They cost > around $20.00. > 3. Install the disk in this case. > 4. Connect the USB case to some other Windows PC. > 5. Save your irreplaceable files to that PC's disk. > > And while you're at it, check ntfs.sys on your disk. It's supposed > to be in the c:\windows\system32 folder. > > About backing up your files regularly: Get a 60 GByte 2.5" > disk, then install it in the USB case after resolving your problem. > It would be a very effective backup medium! Thank'ee. Will give that a shot.
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