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windows xp home will not boot up in safe mode or normally!?

My computer wont boot onto safe mode or normally. I tried to re-install windows xp home and it comes up with a fatal error and i also tried to repair option but it comes up with fatal error. I tried to do a windows system restore in safe mode (after problems booting windows normally) and it took ages and it went to the end and nothing seemed to be happening so i switched it off. Any Ideas as im stuck?

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1. if you can boot into safe mode reinstall from there, if the system restore isn't working you have a corrupted installation and will need to reformat and reinstall
2. if you have a windows restore disk try and boot from that
3. when you use the F8 key to get to safe mode at the bottom of the list is restart to last good configuration try that
4. It sounds like you might have some damaged or missing startup files. You can try a system file check. If that doesn't work, you can try a repair install. You won't lose any pesonal settings or programs but you'll need your XP install disk. Click start > run > type in "sfc /scannow" > OK (no quotes and note the space between sfc and /scannow.) If needed, you'll be prompted to insert your install disk to repair or replace system files. The scan could take an hour or more but when it's finished, reboot. If this doesn't fix the problem, try a repair install. You'll simply overwrite the entire XP operating system with a fresh copy. You'll have to visit the Windows Update site to reinstall any updates, patches, etc. that came out after your install disk was made (including SP2 if it's not already on the disk.) This link will give you instructions and actual screen shots of what you'll see during the repair install. The repair takes about an hour and it could take a couple of hours to download/install all the Windows Updates. http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/installxpcdrepair/indexfullpage.htm And if this doesn't fix the problem you'll probably have to reformat your hard drive and reinstall XP from scratch. Again, this link will give instructions and screen shots. Reformatting and reinstalling XP takes about the same amount of time as the repair install, but it could take you all day to reinstall your personal programs and settings. Good idea to have all your program install disks handy and you make notes of your personal settings. Also make sure you back up everything because a reformat wipes your hard drive clean..It'll be a lot easier to reconfigure your computer if you do these things. http://www.windowsxphome.windowsreinstall.com/ plrr
5. first of all it seems that ur hardrive died or if u please can tell us whats the error ur getting .... so we can help u more