WINDOWS XP WONT BOOT, JUST A BLANK SCREEN

[Guest]

Here is the message I get:

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT WINDOWS DID NOT
START SUCCESSFULLY. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE
MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS.

IF YOUR COMPUTER STOPPED RESPONDING, RESTARTED
UNEXPECTEDLY, OR WAS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN TO PROTECT
YOUR FILES AND FOLDERS, CHOOSE LAST KNOWN GOOD
CONFIGURATION TO REVERT TO THE MOST RECENT SETTINGS THAT
WORKED.

IF A PREVIOUS STARTUP ATTEMPT WAS INTERRUPTED DUE TO A
POWER FAILURE OR BECAUSE THE POWER OR START BUTTON WAS
PRESSED, OR IF YOU ARENT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM,
CHOOSE START WINDOWS NORMALLY.

Beneath that are listed:

SAFE MODE
SAFE MODE WITH NETWORKING
SAFE MODE WITH COMMAND PROMPT

LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION (YOUR MOST RECENT SETTINGS
THAT WORKED)

Below that, the following is already highlighted:

START WINDOWS NORMALLY

Then it says:

USE THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS TO MOVE THE HIGHLIGHT TO
YOUR CHOICE.

SECONDS UNTIL WINDOWS STARTS: (timer keeps ticking down
from 30 seconds to 0 seconds)

Anyway, I have tried using all the options above already, but none of them
worked. It will try to start but when the dell screen comes up it reverts
back to the black screen, and thats it. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

The same thing is happening to me. Were you able to fix? What did you do?

 

[Guest]

I am experiencing the same problem. Has anyone been able to fix this? If
not, is there a way to recover hard drive data through some process to put on
a new machine? Does this "black screen of death" indicate a catastrophic
failure of Windows?
Please help!