on my ?ten year old Dell this morning :

"We apologize for the inconvenience..."

If I allow it to "start normally" or "last known configuration" it just sits.

In "safe mode" it produces a few lines of text, the last being
...multi 0 disk 0 disk 0 partition 2 WINDOWS system32 DRIVERS ACPI.sys

I've got the unopened Reinstallation CD "including service pack 1a".
- Is that any help to me?
- Do I need a computer shop?
- Do I need a bin?