>>That is the situation. How do I repair? Sorry to be so dumb but it has been years since a PC died on me.
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>>>If that doesn't work and you cannot get into safe mode or boot to a previous configuration, you can try a 'repair.'
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>>>>>>It has been a while since this happened so I am out of practice. My main computer has died. (This post is from the Mac). Yesterday I went to check my email and found it unresponsive. I have rebooted it several times and get the same thing every time: Dell logo, Windows XP logo, and then nothing. I could swear I saw an Arabic dialog once, although that is no longer happening. Any resuscitation suggestions?
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>>>>>Hold the shift key down during boot to bypass the drivers load and see if you get to the safe mode prompt or run the repair part of the install on the xp disk.
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>>>>Wow, you are fast! When I saw the reply in my inbox I thought it was going to be Sergey.
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>>>>Let me give that a try....
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>Put the xp disk in the drive and set your computer to boot from cd.... it will give you the option to repair...

I haven't been able to get anywhere. After the Dell and Windows logo screens appear, it dies. This includes going into setup (F2). Tomorrow I am going to Best Buy and getting a replacement. It isn't worth my time to screw around with it any more. I already lost a day of work / billing today.