windows xp home wont start up

Hi

It happened because the PC wasn't closed down properly. If 'Last Known Good Configuration' doesn't work & you can't get into Safe Mode, you will have to look towards a 'Repair' install of XP:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Will Denny
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"Lplate" <marshallm@kilmarnock.ac.uk> wrote in message news:05d901c46e3b$d95fb330$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> Windows froze recently and I switched it off at the wall.
> Since then I have not been able to boot up windows.
> I get a page that offers the choice to go into safe mode/
> last known good configuration, etc. But when I make a
> choice on the next page, no matter what choice, it just
> takes me back to the initial page again.
>
> Any suggestions why this might have happened and how to
> fix it.
>
> Much appreciated.
>
> L-plate
>