Black Screen...

[Nuckin]

So I boot my laptop and it says....

system32\drivers\ntfs.sys is missing or corrupt..

I do not have the boot disc or a windows XP disc to try to restore..

HELP!

[sgt stutter]

Well I've read a few tech pages and some mentioned it may be a memory or HD issue. One thing they said to try is remove and install different sticks of memory if you have it if not remove and reinstall the memory sticks you have, this fixed the error msg for some. They also said it could be a HD issue as well and some tried another HD and that worked.

Without the disk the above is what some have tried and worked for that error msg, if not then it looks like you may need the disk.

[Nuckin]

Thanks Stutter!

Got to work this morning and found a XP disc so I will try that as well.

[Nuckin]

Disc didnt work..

Gonna check the memory and hard drive.

[sgt stutter]

Nuckin, did you ever get this fixed.

[mr_s]

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Disc didnt work..

Gonna check the memory and hard drive.
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Poor Nuck

[spm97]

NTFS.sys is one of the first "large" devices loaded into memory. If it is failing, do as once suggested and start with a COMPLETE memory test.

I've found memtest.org free memory tester to be great for figuring out if you have a hardware issue.

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