Thanks Sergey.

I ended up installing windows in another partition copying all the important information to that partition then reformatting the first one. then I installed windows back into that.

But I will note your link .

Thanks

>It could be a hardware problem or virus/malware. Try to boot from a CD and run some diagnostics http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/469/boot_cd_rom_run_diagnostic_tools/
>
>>
>>I have Windows XP computer that won't start.
>>
>>If I start in safe mode it displays a few files and then hangs.
>>
>>I've tried repairing the installation and it runs the initial repair copy ok but then when it comes to restarting the system to complete the repair it hangs again.
>>
>>Any thoughts on what could be wrong ? or things I could try ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Nick