c:\$MFT corrupt?

[l3luemoon975]

ok well for the past 2 days i have been constantly getting this message "the file or directory c:\$MFT is corrupt and unreadable. please run the chkdsk utility" i have been looking on the web for a sloutiong but i have yet to find one. do u guys have any ideal of what i shoulod do?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Have you actually run the checkdisk utility? If so what were the results?

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[l3luemoon975]

yes i have ran it. and it just says that it has fixed the problem. but it hasn't fixed it yet.

 

[Tedster]

get a copy of norton utilities. I have been using it for years. Works great.

 

[l3luemoon975]

i have all of norton stuff. but none of it fixes this problem.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Maybe doing a repair install of Windows will help. I`m assuming that you`re running either Windows XP or 2000.

Instructions for doing this can be found HERE

If you do a repair install, just remember that you will have to do all the Windows updates again.

Regards Howard :grinthumb

 

[ectogamit]

Norton?

Try disabling Norton Auto-Protect, at system start and let us know if the error is still there?

This worked for me, I posted more on it here: (https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?p=402617)
Would be great if someone could figure out what is going on and give a fix.