Solution: Repair Damaged NTFS File System. Additional recommendation: Use a registry cleaner in addition to anti-virus and anti-spyware tool.
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Resolve STOP 0×00000024 NTFS_FILE_SYS Error Code
This error means NTFS file system of your hard drive is corrupted. You get the blue screen (BSOD) error message that looks like the one below.
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NTFS file system can get corrupted because of,
- Corrupt ntfs.sys file
- Damaged hard drive data
- Damaged NTFS file system
- Corrupt SCSI or IDE drivers (hard drive component).
Steps to resolve this problem:
If windows still loads:
If you are able to still get the windows load, before repairing it, make sure to disable all the background services, antivirus scanners, or any malware monitors that are running on the taskmanage/taskbar. Also close the disk defragmenter that are scheduled to run.
Now, run the hardware diagnostic tool, to do that, click Start, click Run, type hwinfo /ui and then click OK.This shows the details of hard disk problem.
You can then run, disk scan, to do that, click Start, click Run, type chkdsk /r and then click OK. This is will repair file system damages.
If windows doesn’t load:
You can access your NTFS partition, using a NTFS boot USB or floppy. To create a booting USB or floppy, download a free program called NTFS4DOS from here, http://www.optimize-your-pc.org/files/ntfsinst.exe
You now have a bootable USD or floppy drive. It must boot the PC up. You see a welcome screen with 3 options to choose from. choose option 1. Type chkdsk/r in the command prompt, to repair the bad NTFS partition.
Remove the USB or floppy and restart the PC. The problem should be resolved now.
There is a thin chance that you cant repair on severe corruption, leaving you with data loss. The only way is to remove the Hark drive from your PC and repartition on another computer, and then running a data recovery tool to see if you can recover some data.
Hopefully, your problem wont be this severe if you have a well maintained PC with regular disk scans, defragmentation and antivirus/antispyware scans. Its also must to have a reliable Registry Optimizer Tool in your maintenance tool arsenal, to take care of registry health as well.
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