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Andy

Hi I'm having probs with a corrupted file that seems to
be having some knock on effects to other areas of my
laptop such as Vitual Memory. The file is C:\$Mft which i
have tried to run scan disk and disk chq, have run
current anti virus. Now doing my head in !!! Anybody any
ideas would be greatly appreciated
 
It's THE main file on an NTFS system holding nearly everything about a file, and for small files also stores them. It's the equivalent to the Fat in Fat32.

These are the files that make up the metadata for an NTFS partition. In NTFS everything is a file (unlike Fat).
\ Root directory

$AttrDef Attribute definition list

$BadClus Bad cluster file

$Bitmap Volume cluster-allocation map

$Boot Boot sector

$Extend Optional metadata file directory

$Extend\$ObjId Object ID file

$Extend\$Quota Quota file

$Extend\$Reparse Reparse point file

$Extend\$UsnJrnl Change journal

$LogFileVolume Transaction log

$MFT MFT

$MFTMirrMirror of part of MFT

$SecureSecurity settings

$UpCaseUppercase mapping file

$VolumeVolume name, volume dirty flag
 
Thanks for all the feedback but to no avail
My prob remains undefeated
The system is now showing a yellow warning sign on the
taskbar telling me I have this corrupted file C:\$Mft
I have run Antivirus, spybot and the systems chkdsk but
all come up ok. I have now run an externall memory chk
disk and that tells me my memory is ok !!!!
The system will not allow me to defrag because it says I
have scheduled a chkdsk (haven't) and I should run it. I
run and the same thing happens B*****D.
The system continues to tell me I have not enough paging
memory and I should alter it, this I have done but it
tells me it's still at 0 !! b*****D
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH.
Any ideas ? Thanks
Andy
 
Thanks for all the feedback but to no avail
My prob remains undefeated
The system is now showing a yellow warning sign on the
taskbar telling me I have this corrupted file C:\$Mft
I have run Antivirus, spybot and the systems chkdsk but
all come up ok. I have now run an externall memory chk
disk and that tells me my memory is ok !!!!
The system will not allow me to defrag because it says I
have scheduled a chkdsk (haven't) and I should run it. I
run and the same thing happens B*****D.
The system continues to tell me I have not enough paging
memory and I should alter it, this I have done but it
tells me it's still at 0 !! b*****D
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH.
Any ideas ? Thanks
Andy
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Andy, a corrupted MFT is a corrupted MFT. If there is any chance at all of
recovery, you have to use the right tools. Antivirus, spybot and the likes
can be incredibly useful but they are not the right tools for this problem.

Chkdsk is the only tool provided with XP for this and it has failed to work
on your corrupted MFT. You're getting close to the end of the line but you
*might* be able to find a third party tool.

Found a nice site that describes NTFS in detail:
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs-mft.htm

They also have an FAQ that includes the "How do I repair a corrupt MFT?"
http://www.ntfs.com/quest14.htm

Since the site sells software besides containing informational content,
they of course recommend their products. There are other programs in this
category. For example, OnTrack has some offerings: www.ontrack.com

Worse scenario is deleting the partitions on this drive, recreate the
partitions. Format. The drive will be ready to install whatever and, if you
format NTFS, it will have a "fresh" MFT.
 
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