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Subject: Cannot load OS
From: Yesim
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:23:01 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
We had Diskkeeper's trial copy on our PC and it has expired on Wednesday, so 
I uninstalled it and turned off the computer.  When my husband came home the 
same day, he turned on the PC and as far as he remembers he saw something 
like McAfee quarantined something and then the screen displayed only "Windows 
XP" instead of showing user names.  One thing that happened after installing 
Diskkeeper was seeing "stera not found - Skipping AUTOCHECK" before the 
Usernames appeared.  Now, even when we try to start the PC in the Safe Mode, 
we cannot.  It says Safe Mode and after seeing the hour-glass, we end up on 
the page where it just says Windows XP and it just sits there.  

I also tried the Recovery option and ran CHKDSK.  Supposedly there were some 
problems and they were fixed.  I almost ran FIXMBR but didn't do it, as there 
are some pictures that I haven't burned yet as well as our last tax return!

One thing that is always there is: stera not found.  I wonder if this 
corrupted something.

Any ideas?



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