Hefemeister
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Also as the info carnage posted states double check your hard drive connections to make sure they have not come loose.
It checks your hard disk, yes. It attempts to find bad sectors and mark them off. You should not have any data loss (I haven't, and I've used it tons and tons of times). But make sure when you do it, you have the /r switch on there.
If its a normal install disc, then yes it should work for a chkdsk, but DO NOT use it to perform a repair install like Hef suggested.
You can use it to perform the chkdsk but NOT for a repair install. You have to have a home disk to do a repair install on xp home.
post #8 has the info you need to run the chkdsk /r
The BSOD you got indicates it could be a bad sector on the HDD. You can always check the health of the drive with a drive health analyzer. SeaGate makes one, WD makes one as well (both are bootable or can be run from within Windows).
After the check is done, just reboot and try to boot normally into Windows. Hopefully it will boot right up and work fine.