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Hi, A lot of PCs have a 'burn factory reset media' option. Look on the start menu under any options that are Packard Bell specific or say something like 'recovery' or 'reset'. You will need some blank CD/DVD writeable media. Once you have created them boot from CD/DVD #1 and you should be guided through the factory reset procedure.
Beware, this will most likley destroy all your data and programs installed since the purchase of the PC. It is also possible that you may be able to start the factory reset directly from the start menu without the need to burn media, though I would advise that you did this anyway in case there is a hard disk drive failure in the future. If you cannot find this burn recovery media option post back with the exact model number. You may also wish to look at the Packard Bell website for yourself as this may well be where you are directed in future posts.choose your country, then head for the support section. I even checked the website earlier it says;. Make a backup of personal data, as the recovery process will erase all your files, such as email and photos. Power on your computer.
When the Packard Bell logo is displayed, press and hold the ALT key while pressing repeatedly the F10 key. Release the keys when a message displays that Windows is loading files. After the system recovery program has loaded follow the prompts to reinstall the operating system. In case the recovery software does not start, you need to use Recovery DVDs or CDs; please visit our knowledge base article. It sounds as if either (a) your computer is so old that it was manufactured before Packard Bell began putting its 'recovery' image on the hard drive or (b) you've removed or damaged the recovery partition (possibly by installing a newer version of Windows on the computer after you bought it or by replacing the hard drive). In either case, you are stuck with item number 4 in your list. You'll have to ask Packard Bell for a replacement set.
But I suspect they no longer will supply these CDs. Why are you attempting to restore to ex-factory state? Perhaps there is an alternative solution to whatever problem you're facing. To check for the existence of the 'factory restore' software, do the following: Click Start, then Run, then type the following in the 'Open' box and click OK diskmgmt.msc The Disk Management applet will open. Is there a partition shown on the drive that does not have a drive label?
What you are looking for is something to the left of the C: partition, such as the 8.30 GB EISA partition shown in here - - or the 10.00 GB 'PQSERVICE' partition shown here - - LemP Volunteer Moderator MS MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) 2006-2009 Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC) 2011-2012. Hello, Awaisd, Tip: Never borrow someone else's software. It is called softlifting and is not legal. The goal of Product Activation is to reduce a form of piracy known as 'casual copying' or 'softlifting.'
Casual copying is a form of piracy characterized by the sharing of software between people in a way that infringes on the software's end user license agreement (EULA). For instance, Windows XP is primarily licensed for use on a single PC and without purchasing additional licenses cannot be installed on other machines. If someone were to obtain a copy of Windows XP and load it on his or her PC, then share it with a second person who loaded it on his or her PC, they would be guilty of casual copying. Start All Programs PC Help & Tools Select Recovery Manager Click the Advanced Button Select Recover your computer to its original Factory Condition Click Next Follow the prompts Or Reboot computer and begin tapping F11 This will take you to advanced options to reinstall the OS to factory condition Performing a Destructive Recovery How to obtain Windows XP Setup disks for a floppy boot installation Smitty As a responsible member of the community, please do mark a post as answer if it has resolved the issue you're experiencing.
Hey Guys, thanks for reading the thread. (If you want to read the problem scroll down to like the last few paragraphs, I'll just explain a bit of the history with it) I got the PC as a freebie from my friend (Because I no longer had a PC and he had like 10) and it worked fine.
The first day I had it it shut-down without warning (To which I can only assume it forced itself to shut-down when it overheated as I realised afterwards I was suffocating the fan). Anyway it worked fine for a month or so and then out of nowhere I had an issue logging in. As soon as I punched in my password it would immediately log me out again. I later discovered that 'userinit' had gone corrupt, and since I had (and still don't) absolutely no idea how to fix it from the HP Recovery Console I just wiped it. HERE'S WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTS: Once again the PC ran smoothly for about another month thereafter, (although the entire system would freeze if I left it on too long) then one day while I was on some Forums watching some videos it just froze. I left it for about 30 seconds and came back - still frozen.
'Okay, I'll just reboot' - forced shut-down and rebooted. Loaded up fine. 'Okay, back to what I was doing.' - (PS; I love Mozilla's 'Would you like to load previous session thing') and I went back to watching the video. Frozen again, about half-way again too. Just as I reached for the Power button - BSoD!!! 'Better let it dump'.
Alright, reboot. 'Okay, this is bad. Let it dump again.' 'ntfs.sys has gone corrupt. Insert Windows installation disk and select repair'. At this point I knew NTFS is the HDD's format.
'That was weird.' Took a few minutes to load this time (Whereas it normally takes like 3 minutes it took about 6). 'This is rediculous'. 'SiS900.Random stuff here. MAC-CLIENT-.more random stuff and numbers. PXE-ROM: EXITING' Then it comes up with a Blue Screen with some selection on it 'Hard Disk CD-ROM LAN Floppy'. Select 'Hard-disk'.
It repeats the whole SiS900 thing. Blue screen doesn't appear again and pressing buttons yields System noise. 'Unable to find Hard Disk.
Press H to try Hard Disk again.' -.Mash 'H'. Nothing. Okay, better backup some stuff. Backing up files - 'COPYING - 214 minutes remaining' (For like 50mb of stuff - USB 2.0 btw so it's just being slow).
'This is rediculous.' After it's done - BSoD. PROBLEM: Rebooting yields one of like 4 potential problems, listed in order of likelihood. SiS900 Jargon.
Nothing more. Unable to Find Hard Disk.
Loads up to 'Windows XP Home Edition' and sits there for an indefinite amount of time. Manages to load; has a seizure trying to open 'My Computer' or copying files. BSoD's within about 30 minutes. The BSoD's vary from time to time.
TRIED SOLUTIONS: When it does load here are some thing's I've tried. Uninstalling recently installed Programs. Virus/Spyware (AVG/Spybot) Scans.
Defrag/Cache Clean (Auslogics/CCleaner). Driver Rollbacks. System Restore Points. 'Chkdsk /r' which gets through to step 4/5 and gets to about 10% and freezes (I left it for about 2 hours and still 10%).
OTHER THINGS: I personally think it's a Hardware problem. Only thing I've physically touched in the computer itself is before the problems I tried swapping the RAM (814mb atm) for two 1GB cards. The cards were wrong so I put the original ones back in. After I started having the problems I took the HDD out.
It seemed fine - no damage. Made a little rattle noise (Which the warning label on the front said was completely normal). The PC itself is NOISY compared to what it used to be pre-problem.
It makes weird chewing and clicking noises on occaision. The screen buzzes a little and the backlight flickers if the screen is in the wrong position. Removing the HDD and rebooting the PC still yeilded the same SiS900 thing.
Anyone know whether this is Hardware or software related? Can I fix it myself or should I pay for a professional to do it? Is it worth it? (Seeing as a replacement for such an old PC is like $300 absolute max).
Thanks for the help and reading so much. It is all GREATLY appreciated.