Hi Anyone knows how to fix a damaged MFT? After a fatal hdd crash I'm running on new disks (RAID 1 now, for added security) and there seems to have been an...

Can anyone tell me what $Extend\$UsnJrnl is? I was trying to backup a PC, and found that this file/folder was 23GB in size!

Error message shows c:\$MFT file corrupt - run dskchk. When dskchk is complete I can continue to 'login', but I still get the message c:\$mft is corrupt. ...

I have 2 HDD on my computer. The C: drive is about 11GB and runs the system. The F: drive is 167GB, and has all of my files on it. The problem I have is...

You try scanning for any viruses? Or if you have no virus, try going to Start run and type: "msconfig" without the quotations. And see what files are...

My external backup stops at this file and prevents the system from backing up. When I went into the windows file this file is the first 1 found and is in blue...

Trying to free up space on 9GB c:\. Only 2GB are still free. Any known issues with deleting all the $NTUninstallKBxxxx files? WinXPHome SP1. I also...

Can I remove the hidden $NtUninstall directories? I understand these are for uninstalling the hotfixes or upgrade... but if I don't want to uninstall them...

I have about 25 of these files sitting in the Windows folder. What sre they? Can I delete them?

I have a rather large number of $NtUninstall........$ sub- directories under my WINDOWS directory. Is it OK to delete these, or do I need to keep them? --Ed M.

The last post in this forum on this topic was in 2004, and pertained mainly to SP1. Now that we all have SP2 firmly in place, I would like to know if the...

Can these type of files be deleted? I must have around 70 of them in my Windows directory.

Hello all. Using XP Pro SP1. All security patches on SP1 loaded. What is up with the approx 60 files named, for example, $NtUninstallKB823182$; at...

There are 60 of the subject folders in my Windows folder. Are these necessary? What happens if I delete them?

I have about 20 folders under windows with $NtUninstallSK..... as the beginning of there name. They are taking up a lot of space and I have no idea what...

I have a bunch of files beginning as shown above on my "C" (system) drive. I realize that they are files referring to the installation of the upgrades. MSFT...

I have a laptop with XP home loaded. Keep up with all the hotfixes, patches, etc. and find that I accumulate a large number of $NTUninstallKB12345 folders in...

I have a laptop with XP home loaded. Keep up with all the hotfixes, patches, etc. and find that I accumulate a large number of $NTUninstallKB12345 folders in...

I just noticed about 20 files under the Windows directory that have a preface of $NtUninstall........$ What are these and should I delete them?? Kim

Scan disk upon restart of computer came up with many files needed to be copied or truncated ... whatever that is. Does anyone know if I can remove some of...