NTFS.SYS file corrput?

Ok I've been having this thing ever since I installed XP SP2. When booting up I get a screen right after the POST screen that gives me two options.....

Windows XP Professional ( Bootscreen )
Windows XP Professional

Now if I select Windows XP Professional it boots up just fine, but if I chose Windows XP Professional ( Bootscreen ) I get an error stating that the NTFS.SYS file is either missing or corrupt. This started right after installing SP2 & I realized that Style XP wasn't working. I uninstalled Style XP & now I get this error screen.

I have run every test that has been suggested by others with the same problems & near as I can tell there is nothing wrong with the HDD or any of the memory sticks. I also tried reinstalling Windose, but I still get the same error.

So my question is............Is there a way to get the NTFS.SYS file other than to reformat? I mean I can easily do that, but if there is a way around it that would be sooo much better. I have everything backed up I try to do that everyday iffin I remember. hehe Any suggestions at all?

 

try running a repair using the winxp cd. Boot up off the cd and choose the option for repair.

 

Sorry man, I was incorrect in my discription.

I have already tried to Repair ( I said reinstall sorry ), but still the same thing happens. Everything goes the way it should throughout the Repair, I mean no issues come up while doing that. If I were to get the NTFS.SYS file from another machine running XP, could I just replace it?

 

P.S.

I think what has happened is when I chose to use the Custom Bootup screen threw Style XP it replaced the original file with one of thier own & now Windose is not recognizing it. I've been using Style XP for a long time without any problems until I installed SP2 & now I can't even reinstall Style XP.

 

Your boot.ini file is usally on C:\ and hidden.

Open it up,a nd see what exactly the (Bootscreen) entry points to.

Inf ace, just copy and paste the contents of your boot.ini in a post.

 

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect


This is what I've found.

 

Well you said the other one worked?

So, delete this line:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (bootscreen)" /fastdetect /KERNEL=kernel1.exe

Locate that file, delete it, and all should be good.
kernel1.exe

Make sure you leave no white space between the lines.

So in the end, it looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Keep in mind this file is usually read only, so you might have to remove that attribute before you can save it.

 

Ok thanks man. That got it all worked out.

 

Glad it all worked out