SP2 Installation Problem
From: SlowJet (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/21/04
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Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:23:13 -0700
Well now, a real problem not related to SP2. Imagine that?
Here is what it says.
NTFS File System Corruption
In very rare circumstances, the NTFS $MFT or $BITMAP
metafiles may become corrupted and result in lost disk
space. To identify and fix this issue, run the chkdsk /F
command against the volume in question. Toward the end of
chkdsk process, you receive the following message if the
$BITMAP metafile needs to be adjusted:
Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP
attribute. CHKDSK discovered free space marked as
allocated in the volume bitmap. Windows has made
corrections to the file system.
the link, near the bottom.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;315688
Hardware again.
OK, today's problem root casue score.
Hardware 4, SP2 love.
Set and Match points due by the 25th. ;)
SJ
>-----Original Message-----
>A friend has a Dell Dimension 8300 and I'm trying to
help her install
>SP2. She's 500 miles away, so we are using remote
assistance, but we
>shut it down during the install.
>
>The install is being done from the full 270 MB Gold
installation file.
>The system is running XP Home, Dell's OEM edition.
>
>Each time we install (tried it twice so far), about 70%
of the way
>through the install, we get a yellow alert in the system
tray with a
>popup saying that a file is corrupt and can't be read.
The file is
>given as "C:\$MFT". The installation ends up saying
that it encountered
>an error and could not be completeted successfully.
But, on restart,
>SP2 SEEMS to be installed completely (no way to verify
the "completely"
>part, really, but it says SP2 in Control Panel / System
and the firewall
>and other SP2 features are present and operating).
>
>The warning says to run Chkdsk, which we have done
(multiple times)
>during startup. No errors are reported.
>
>What's odd is that as far as I can tell, there is no
file C:\$MFT. Yet
>the warning box about this file keeps coming up even
after we reboot,
>and it continues to come up from time to time during
routine operation
>of the system.
>
>We redownloaded SP2 itself (the 270 MB file), but FC
(file compare --
>old command line utility) says that it's the same as the
original file.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Also, the Dell system has a 36MB hidden FAT partition,
it's the 1st
>partition on the drive (C: and D: take up the rest of
the 80 gig drive,
>both NTFS). Anyone know what it is, and if there's an
easy way to
>access it and see what's in it?
>
>We are thinking of blowing everything away and starting
over with a
>generic installation, but I'd rather not do that if we
can get
>completely comfortable with the current installation.
>
>.
>
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