C:\$Mft

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I have Windows XP Home Edition with an ASUS P4P800
motherboard, 2.6 GHz CPU w/ HT, 1 GB DDR RAM, 120 GB SATA
HDD, DVD+/-RW, and an ATI 9600 All-in-Wonder card w/
128MB. Everything has been working fine for 3 months and I
have had no new changes to my set-up. When I turned on my
system last week, I go the following error and could not
get past it to logon: "Windows was unable to save all the
data for file C:|$Mft. The data has been lost. This error
may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or
network connection. Please try to save this file
elsewhere." But, it does not give me an option to save. I
have since reformatted my HDD and re-loaded the OS. It
worked until I downloaded the XP security fixes. When I
went to re-boot, it started again. Does anyone have a clue
about what is going on?
 
If you are getting such warnings, the first thing you should do is be sure
the hard drive isn't failing. If you don't have the disk supplied with your
hard drive, go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download their
tools, making note of their instructions for creating their tools floppy.
Boot from the floppy and run a diagnostic of your hard drive to be sure it
isn't failing.
 
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