Q: The user gets an error that C: $ MFT file is corrupted. Apprently this is a folder used by Windows when doing updates and such. Is there a way to just delete the darn folder? The laptop works fine, except that it runs every time that a chkdsk boots and gives an error when closing down.
Also Windows Update will not install anything, because that map is messed up.
I d hate to have this thing reimaging but it seems all other information about adopting this problem.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
The $MFT refers to just data on the drive, so I'd suggest that there's no reason to believe there's a physical problem with the disk at this point in time.
I have seen this issue at least 100 times and 90% of them were bad drives.
[Note to self: Master File Table - just refers to data on drive] 
That's what it is; are you suggesting it's hardware on the drive? That's the implication I get from your message, and that's the only thing (a hardware problem) that would lead me to believe the drive itself is bad. Since I don't see any evidence of a hardware problem, I don't (yet) see a reason to suggest the drive is bad. The MFT contains pointers and attributes for all the other NTFS meta-files and user files. In other words, it's data on the drive, as I said.
You might have software on there that interferes with chkdsk (you didn't post results of what chkdsk found, so I'm only guessing) so you might just pop that drive into another XP system and then run chkdsk /r against it.
And hope that the WINDOWS 2000 install you have doesn't get corrupted.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315688
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.
…. As I said, run CHKDSK against the volume in question.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
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The $MFT refers to just data on the drive, so I'd suggest that there's no reason to believe there's a physical problem with the disk at this point in time.
I have seen this issue at least 100 times and 90% of them were bad drives.
[Note to self: Master File Table - just refers to data on drive]
You might have software on there that interferes with chkdsk (you didn't post results of what chkdsk found, so I'm only guessing) so you might just pop that drive into another XP system and then run chkdsk /r against it.
And hope that the WINDOWS 2000 install you have doesn't get corrupted.
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Re:Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
User is getting an error that the C:\$mft file is corrupted. Apprently this is a folder used by Windows when doing updates and such. Is there any way to just delete the darn folder? The laptop works just fine except that it runs a chkdsk every time it boots and gives an error when shutting down.
Also WindowsUpdate no longer will install anything because that folder is messed up.
I'd hate to have to reimage this thing but can't seem to find any other info on fixing this problem.
Thanks
The $MFT refers to just data on the drive, so I'd suggest that there's no reason to believe there's a physical problem with the disk at this point in time.
You might have software on there that interferes with chkdsk (you didn't post results of what chkdsk found, so I'm only guessing) so you might just pop that drive into another XP system and then run chkdsk /r against it.
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Re:I had this same problem with a hard drive last week. Nothing I did worked, it was pretty much dead. And the 3 year warranty expired the week before.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
The MFT is the table that contains the list of all the files on the disk, their attributes, size, location, etc so if it's corrupted the filesystem is on it's way out. As guy said, the drive is probably dying and needs to be replaced.
Not only that, the MFT contains the initial extent of every file on the system (or contains the full file if it's small enough). So this is a major issue, not an annoyance. Test the drive, as suggested, the most likely cause of this is drive failure.
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Re:The MFT is the table that contains the list of all the files on the disk, their attributes, size, location, etc so if it's corrupted the filesystem is on it's way out. As guy said, the drive is probably dying and needs to be replaced.
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Re:Its more than likely that the drive is failing or has weak tracks\sectors.
(MFT stands for Master File Table – used in NTFS partitions)
Reimaging may not help either.
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