Windows XP can be formatted in two different file systems, FAT32 and NTFS. If you are running a machine with a FAT32 files system and then decide to convert to NTFS using the converts option - see How do I convert my FAT32 file system to NTFS - on rebooting you may get a missing or corrupt ntfs.sys error. Here is how to rectify this problem
1/ Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and reboot your pc
2/ Allow the basic setup files to load into memory
3/At the Welcome to Setup screen press R
4/ This will start the Recovery console and the list of Windows installations will appear
5/ As you only have one installation on your PC you need to press the number which is relevant to your installations location. This, obviously will typically be 1
6/ You will need to enter your Administrator password. If you are using Windows XP Home edition the administrator password is blank by default so simply press Enter
7/ At the Recovery Console command prompt type: cd \windows\system32\drivers
8/ Next press Enter
9/ The windows system 32 drivers directory will now open
10/ Now type: ren ntfs.sys ntfs.old
11/ Again press Enter
12/ If a message appears telling you that the Ntfs.sys file was not found, then the file is actually missing rather than corrupt
13/ The above command will change the name of your corrupt file from Ntfs.sys to Ntfs.old
14/Now type the following at the command prompt substituting the X (after copy) with the drive letter of your CD and the X (after drive) with the drive letter of your hard drive. The hard drive usually being the C:/ drive
15/ copy X:\i386\ntfs.sys drive X:\windows\system32\drivers
16/ Remove the Windows XP CD from your CD-ROM
17/ Now in the command prompt type: Exit
18/ Restart your PC to make sure the problem has been rectified
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