NIS causing XP to report System Volume Information is corrupt or unreadable

Windows XP is generating an error message right after boot-up saying "The file or directory \System Volume Information is corrupt and unreadable.  Please run Chkdsk utility".   It repeats every re-boot and also at irregular intervals during normal use.  I have run chkdsk numerous times with different options such as /f and /r and it never finds any problems.  I  disabled system restore points and the problem still persisted.   I then removed NIS using the Norton Removal tool (version 20.0.0.21) and the problem went away.  XP no longer generated any error messages.  Even after multiple re-boots and extended operation.    I then re-installed NIS and XP immediately generated the same error message right when the newly installed NIS was started.  It also did so after subsequent re-boots.   I am using NIS 20.4.0.40 on Windows XP PRO SP3 on an HP Pavilion laptop with C: formatted as an NTFS file system.  I am out of ideas.  Need help.