XP won't start up -- Safe mode won't start up

[Pounder]

I'm new to these newsgroups, so hopefully I'm submitting
this to the proper group...

I turned on my PC last night and Windows XP failed to
start up. It popped to a screen that stated Windows had
failed to run correctly and I had five options:
-- Start in Safe Mode
-- Start in Safe Mode with Networking
-- Start in Safe Mode with Command Prompt
-- Start Windows using archived network settings
-- Start Windows normally

All options failed. Any version of safe mode immediately
fills the screen with info about hard drives, partitions,
and file locations. Either option with Windows brings up
the usual Windows XP startup screen for about 15 seconds
before the PC reboots and tries again.

I was tired of hourly blue screens on Windows 98, so I
reformatted my hard drive about one month ago and
installed a friends copy of XP just to get me going until
I could buy my own copy. It worked beautifully up until
last night. The only thing I did with it last night was
to activate XP with the Product Key from my newly procured
copy of XP. The problem is, I purchased an OEM copy of XP
to save money, not really knowing what OEM meant. So, now
I can't get the normal support from Microsoft. Serves me
right for going the cheap route, I guess.

Thoughts? Advice? Without being able to access Safe Mode
or use the archived network setting, I'm stumped for how
to troubleshoot the problem.

Many thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[blisset]

Here the solution!

it is an old post i see, but still visible and useful.
My experience:
got big problems when downloading from emule, which was not what was supposed to be...

I installed everything (AV, AR, adware, antistuff...). Used RC.

No way to get Safe Boot back, no way at all...

i solved it with Safe Mode Fixer thing from Moonvalleysoft.com :

http://www.moonvalleysoft.com/product_info...?products_id=29http://moonvalleysoft.com

it worked!!!