I tried using the Packard Bell Recovery Program. When you get the Packard Bell logo, hit F11 until the recovery program appears. Follow the instructions - it's point and click. I had the same fatal error and am trying the full recovery right now on my Packard Bell PC. There is a chance you will lose your data, but hopefully this will work!
on my desk top i had a recurring spyware (Vundo i think) which was grating me, so after many scans and quarantines and deletes etc, i looked it up online!
from the symatic website it said to boot up in safe mode, turn off system restore and run scan, when scan complete, delete and reboot, turning off safe mode and turning back on sys restore
well i got to the deleting part, when i reboot i now have the above message!
i have checked other websites and none seem to help, saying i need the original boot disk (pc is 3 years old!!) or try an XP disk, well i dont have one (well not a real copy) and hit repair when i gt the option
another says to uninstall SP3 (which i would if i could even get in that far)
also tried F8 and "Last Good Configuration" - no luck
it's a packard bell with XP SP3, and without going any further i can't really tell you much more
can any one else help,
thanks in advance
p.s. i have asked this on another forum and they said to install Knoppix and Linux, but i'm unsure if this is the best solution for me!!
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I tried using the Packard Bell Recovery Program. When you get the Packard Bell logo, hit F11 until the recovery program appears. Follow the instructions - it's point and click. I had the same fatal error and am trying the full recovery right now on my Packard Bell PC. There is a chance you will lose your data, but hopefully this will work!