Or I fucked it up with StyleXP and didnt back up the original, like I should've.


So any way to correct this?


I'm about to F&R, since it's about time anyways.


Just looking for any laxst minute wisdom.

4/22/2006 1:13:16 PM

can u not just do a repair on the kernel with the XP CD?

4/22/2006 1:15:07 PM

tried.


no luck.

after restart during repair

Ntfs.sys is missing or corrupt.

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 1:18 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2006 1:17:35 PM

found the fix with recovery console.


brb, trying this:

Quote :

"7/ At the Recovery Console command prompt type: cd \windows\system32\drivers 8/ Next press Enter 9/ The windows system 32 drivers directory will now open 10/ Now type: ren ntfs.sys ntfs.old 11/ Again press Enter 12/ If a message appears telling you that the Ntfs.sys file was not found, then the file is actually missing rather than corrupt 13/ The above command will change the name of your corrupt file from Ntfs.sys to Ntfs.old 14/Now type the following at the command prompt substituting the X (after copy) with the drive letter of your CD and the X (after drive) with the drive letter of your hard drive. The hard drive usually being the C:/ drive 15/ copy X:\i386\ntfs.sys drive X:\windows\system32\drivers 16/ Remove the Windows XP CD from your CD-ROM "

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 1:22 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2006 1:21:09 PM

StyleXP does not move, modify, or delete NTFS.sys. It has no effect on the file. This problem was totally unrelated to StyleXP.

Also, NTFS.sys is the filesystem driver for NTFS partitions. It's not part of the kernel.

[Edited on April 22, 2006 at 7:50 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2006 7:50:01 PM

It was a result of Style XP


Style XP has been removed, but it's changes remained on my system (boot screen)

When trying to upgrade to SP2, I was told I had a damaged kernel.

So I ran a repair.

Then the ntfs.sys problem occurred.

Now I'm in my predicament.



And I installed a fresh copy of Windows on another partition, but does anyone know how to access the encrypted user files from the other, broken windows installation?

4/23/2006 1:52:04 AM

You should just buy a Mac if you want your computer to look like one.

4/23/2006 1:56:58 AM

It wasn't even a cool boot screen, I was just too lazy to change it back.

4/23/2006 2:03:10 AM

XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command - tried this?

4/23/2006 3:19:25 AM

windowblinds > stylexp

4/23/2006 12:37:41 PM

Everyone should F&R every few months; it keeps your system fucking clean and wipes all the crap out for a clean slate. Do that.

4/23/2006 12:46:08 PM

Yeah, but when it's an unplanned F&R, it's a pain in the fucking ass.


SO STOP FUCKING TELLING ME TO FORMAT AND RE-INSTALL. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. IN FACT, ONCE I RECOVER THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE ENCRYPTED USER FILES, I'M GOING TO NUKE THAT WHOLE PARTITION.

4/23/2006 12:51:03 PM

Quote :

"Everyone should F&R every few months"

every few months? that's insane...once a year is plenty, like spring cleaning..that's how i look at it.

4/23/2006 1:18:41 PM