Packard Bell Woes

[jimswin]

I am trying to get my sister in laws PB machine running again after the HDD failed completely.

Has anyone had anything to do with these?

After a fruitless week of mucking about and talking to some very helpful guys on the PB forums I will try again this weekeknd.
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They use a thing called a tatto which writes info about the hardware and software toa protected area on the HDD. If you dont get this part right nothing works.

I can only recommend to anyone thinking about buying PB NOT TO!!!!

[Goldminer]

I had exactly the same problem a few years ago on an old PB machine. Ended up ditching all the old PB softwear and OS and installing new. I know that doesn't help but I agree wholeheartedly that I would never, ever buy a PB machine again. They fill their machines with obsolete hardwear or even worse "unique" stuff which when it fails is next to impossible to replace.