Here is another Microsoft Knowledgebase article.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330187/en-us It seem to refrence the exact error you are having.
Also here is a site where the article was linked from
http://kadaitcha.cx/stop_err.html#0x0000008E
Another solution is to do a repair install of windows as a last resort before a total reformat. a repair install will only reinstall the O/S related files. You may loose custom windows settings, and you may have to redownload any microsoft updates, but its better than a complete reformat. Hope this is of help to you.