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Hi, running a cheapo pc world pc running Windows XP, 256K ram, intel celeron processor, broadband connection Yesterday fired up pc as normal, but stays on B&W screens, saying hardware/software problem and giving options to restart in safe mode etc. Whatever option i choose, just goes back to the same screen. I tried F10, as one of the lines say f10/R, and it goes into some kind of recovery menu (shows windows XP startup then mount kilimanjaro pic first). But when I follow the prompts it says can't recover. The english isn't good on these screens, not sure if they are genuine or not (things like "Critic error" instead of critical). Is there anything else I can get into to sort this out ? The only things I was on before I shut it down last were an insurance search engine (confused.com) and MSN Broadband is still ok, as connected my daughter's laptop to it fine