Temperamental Boot Up Issues

[Guest]

Hey guys

I currently have Windows XP Home Edition and use a Dell Dimension 5150.

At the moment i have an administrators account and a guest account which
both crop up at start up for you to choose which one you want.

However sometimes when i switch my pc on it gets stuck on 'starting up...' ,
never actually reaching the login phase. However if i restart my PC during
this time, my PC will boot up as normal. It is temperamental, however i don't
really like restarting my PC like this as i'm scared it'll get damaged.

Was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to fix this or ways i could
figure out what was wrong?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Open My Computer, rightclick the system drive icon(usually C then
Properties, Tools tab, and use "Error Checking" to correct problems on the
drive. (then restart)