wont boot up

[ITZBVAN005]

i am trying to fix my friends pc and it wont boot up at all it just stays on the windows xp pro screen and wont go past that screen what can i do to fix this whats the problem can it be a bad hdd

 

[WorldIndustries]

Need more info. What exactly does it do when it's on the loading screen? "Won't go past" isn't very descriptive.

And I'm not a grammar whore or anything, but please use punctuation.

 

[sPlAtOiD]

I would think you have a bad Boot Sector. You can use the windows XP disk to go to the repair console and try to repair the boot sector. Or just reinstall windows from scratch.

 

[Raphael Argus]

Have you hit F8 at boot up and tried to go into Safe Mode? What about hitting F8 and trying to use system restore to an earlier safe boot time?