Re: A different Packard Hell

Bitstring <4w3K0TC+1UjGFwfN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person Robert <RobertNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
In message <OOenrpDedqiGFwzU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert <RobertNews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
A Packard Bell will not complete boot up sequence.

At switch on a Packard Bell splash screen appears for no more than 3 seconds, followed by a text screen indicating 'we apologise for the inconvenience but Windows did not start successfully... offering safe start, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, last known good config, start windows normally.

Selecting start windows normally or last known good config, produces a momentary Windows XP splash screen, a short pause and then back to the PB splash screen.

Selecting safe mode or safe mode with command prompt, produces a list of Windows\System32\drivers, a short pause and then back to the PB splash screen.

Grateful for any suggestions as to a possible cause.

Many thanks for your responses - chkdsk reported an error but it seems to have resolved it.

Which just demonstrates that 'NTFS is bulletproof' turns out to be a slight exaggeration. No surprises there.

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