What is the MFT?

From: RScotti <rscotti1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:06:19 -0500

Hi,
My system is all screwed up and when I ran CHKDSK /f it didn't fix these errors.
When I ran just CHKDSK (read only) I got this:

CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.

235456640 KB total disk space.
13970484 KB in 60033 files.
20868 KB in 5640 indexes.
4 KB in bad sectors.
139864 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
221325420 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
58864160 total allocation units on disk.
55331355 allocation units available on disk.

What is this telling me? Is this part of the MBR?
Chkdsk didn't even fix the 4 KB bad sectors.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
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