Re: XP SP2 ntfs.sys question

From: Pete (pbatterton_at_NOSPAMcoastalwave.net)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:42:51 -0400

Sorry, but system and/or ntfs.sys didn't crash until start-up. What happend
during startup/boot with original my XP, I got a STOP x:24 in ntfs.sys. I
was screwed. My system volume was ntfs, and I could not boot even the
Recovery Console or Setup because they require ntfs.sys to load. When
ntfs.sys loads, it found a problem with the volume, STOPed and the system
was dead! That was the reason for my question, has this been fixed so you
can boot to the Recovery Console even when your system ntfs volume is
broken?

BTW, I have no idea why this happened. Usually you would expect hardware to
be the cause of the problem. However, running a full suite of diagnostics
on the HD, controller, processor and memory resulted in all passing with no
errors. Since reformatting the HD system volume as FAT32 and re-installing
XP, I have had ZERO problems. I would switch back to ntfs if I thought I
could recover. I like the secruity features ntfs offers, but not if I loose
the volume after some random interval of time.

"Greg Hayes/Raxco Software" <ghayesntloader@raxco.com> wrote in message
news:u$hJzXjhEHA.3076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Pete,
>
> NTFS.sys isn't known for having errors :)
>
> I suspect that some other 3rd party file system filter driver may be the
> actual culprit and that if you actually looked at the full memory dump
> created by the crash you could identify that driver.
>
> - Greg/Raxco Software
> Microsoft MVP - Windows File System
>
> Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
>
> "Pete" <pbatterton@NOSPAMcoastalwave.net> wrote in message
> news:412500b4_2@nntp2.nac.net...
> > Anyone out there know if XP's ntfs.sys has been fixed in SP2 to be more
> > tolerant of nfts volume errors?
> >
> > I have abandoned ntfs after I had a ntfs.sys Stop x:024 which resulted
in
> my
> > system becoming non-recoverable, meaning that my Rrecovery CD would hang
> > rather than allow me to reach either Setup or the Recovery Console. I
had
> > to reformat the HD completely. MS does not provide a repair utility for
> ntfs
> > seperate from Chkdsk which requires ntfs.sys to run, and if ntfs.sys
> crashes
> > (stop x24) on the error in the ntfs volume, you are hosed.
> >
> > Any other thoughts??
> >
> >
>
>