XP wont boot

[wannabe_hacker]

hard drive has 2 partitions. both have xp home on them. xp does not boot on the first partition. Why?

 

[Steve M]

We may need some more information on your issue.

1. Has it ever booted before?
2. Where does the boot process stop?
3. Does safe mode work?
4. Are you using boot magic or similiar program?

I have more but answer those first and we can go further.

 

[TheMajor]

load the recovery console from the disc
type: bootCFG /rebuild

 

[wannabe_hacker]

1)it has booted before
2)it now stops at the "Welcome" screen with an error that im not able to read because it shows for about 1 second the restarts comp
3)No
4)No

 

[wannabe_hacker]

my xp home disc wont even work now. it gets to the part where at the bottom it says "Setup is Starting Windows" or something like that and then it goes to a black screen.

 

[TheMajor]

Wait for a couple of minutes.

 

[wannabe_hacker]

I've waited for like half an hour. It just isn't loading. Is there anyway I can do it without the disc?