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Thanks again, just tried re-boot into safemode, but now stops after hotcore3.sys, which is a Paragon file.I’m loathe to do much with that as it’s one of the few disks it will boot to at the moment.
normal boot went straight into a scheduled chkdsk (on the pale blue XP screen) that I had tried to run a couple of days ago.
That’s running now, so I’ll keep you updated.