So I got an 0x00000024 error (NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM) on my Toshiba Satellite that’s running XP, and neither chkdsk, chkdsk /r, fixboot, nor fixmbr could do anything to help me get back.
Through a miraculous happenstance I discovered that all my data was intact. The happenstance was that a SATA-USB converter enabled me to open the drive on an apple computer running OSX. I had a hunch that deleting a few files would solve the problem as only 1.3 gigs remained on the 80 gig drive. But, as you know, NTFS drives are read-only for OSX. So I bought a SATA-USB enclosure and hooked up my drive to a number of PCs and all of them gave me the same business about the volume being corrupted or unreadable. With the same enclosure, however, I can open it with OSX.
Can anybody explain away this enigma? And if you think it’s not the fulness of the drive, any idea why it happened in the first place, or other ideas of possible solutions? (Recovery install only allows me the option of formatting the drive all over again!)
Thanks for your input and good luck with the puzzle!
Josh
