Hi again people .my sons using our old M.E system which was fine until earlier.
When i switch it on it goes to the packard bell screen with the "post" or " cmos" options then it goes to the windows millenium flash up screen from where it would normally complete set up BUT when it gets to that bit now it just goes right back to the packard bell screen.
If i try and go into safe mode i get a BSOD with "your system has been halted please restart your pc" or something similar.
Theres no actual error number or anything to help point to the problem.
It`s up there now just sticking on the boot up screens and im stumped .
No new programs or hardware have been added and it`s not connected to the internet.
ANY IDEAS ANYBODY???????

WINDOWS PROTECTION ERROR SYSTEM HALTED.........you need to restart.
That was the actual message

Hya XPOD , have a look here:

http://www.aumha.org/win4/kbewpe.php

Hi joe5,cheers for the response.....unfortunately ive been there already and i think my ONLY option is to try and download a fresh M.E boot disk(???)
I cant get into the pc to carry out any action ....i only get the message if i try boot in to safe mode.....Im picking up a couple of new floppys and blank cd`s today but i`ll probably need pointing to the exact version my Packard Bell M.E will require....
DOES that sound about right????

Ok...now ive got the disk sorted and ive went into "without cd-rom support"
and ive tried the sys c: command and the fdisk /mbr one and it transferred files now it restarted and a screen with press CTRL+ALT+DEL TO RESTART YOUR NEW PC...
So i do so and it just keeps restarting to the same CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart screen.........????

What now......??

If your still reading this ive since done the c: scanreg\fix & scanreg\restore which both completed themselves but still it`s the same....
It`s not a problem i can find any precise info for on google or MS

Right ..now it does go in to safe mode without any startup disk in it but it still goes to the HOLD CTRL+ALT+DEL TO RESTART YOUR NEW PC..???HELP

ALL fixed people...bootdisk from bootdisk and reinstalled from cab folder in windows\options...AFTER 2 days of ******* about with a dozen OTHER "fixes"
ANYBODY has a similar problem with M.E then just ask ME........im a bloody expert on EVERYTHING you CANT do..........