Having a bit of a problem at start up-i recieve this message-windows could not start because the folowing file is missing or corrupt:system32/drivers/ntfs.sys so i boot from xp disk-go to recovery console-look around in hard drive for above said file which is there(so it must be corrupt,right?) so i chdir and look in xp boot disk for that file(thinking i can copy it and fix this thing)but there are only 9 files(one is a huge setup.exe file)soooo where is this system32/driver/ntsf.sys file? do i need to expand one of these files? clueless in boulder city nv.......

try to copy the i386 folder from the xp disk to the harddrive, once that is done go into the folder and run winnt32 hope this helps.

Stop 0x00000024 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM The Stop 0x24 message indicates that a problem occurred within Ntfs.sys, the driver file that allows the system to read and write to NTFS file system drives. A similar Stop message, 0x23, exists for the file allocation table (FAT16 or FAT32) file systems. #1. Run CHKDSK in XP Recovery Console: Set pc BIOS to boot from CDROM. Place XP CD in drive. Reboot from the CD. Select the first option R Repair/Recovery Console. Select your Windows partition by number. Usually it is 1 . Login to XP with administrator password. Then run CHKDSK /P from the command line. (In R console /P replaces /F ). Run it once (or repeat) until it shows no errors. This should clear the "dirty" flag on the disk drive C. Run CHKDSK for each drive on your system. CHKDSK /P :X where X is letter for disk drive References for Recovery Console: Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console - Article ID Q314058 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058 HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;q307654 To exit the R Console, use the EXIT command. #2. You are highly encouraged to have the Recovery Console installed on your disk so that it is a bootup choice. #3. Take a look at this, especially if your file system is NTFS. Windows XP Patch: NTFS chkdsk.exe Update http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=36422 Also http://support.microsoft.com/support/misc/kblookup.asp?ID=315403