My computer is having problems starting XP. When I turn the computer on, I get the screen that says Microsoft XP, but nothing happens after that; that screen stays on for half an hour and doesn't physically load my information. After this happened a few times, a blue screen came up and told me it had done a dump of my physical memory.
I next tried working with the safe mode screen. When I tried debugging or reverting to the last configuration that worked, the computer went back to the XP screen and still wouldn't load.
When I told the computer to start in safe mode, I would get a black screen that said safe mode in the corners, and the computer would wait at that screen and never load anything further. If I hit control-alt-delete in safe mode, I could get a list of my programs, even after I was told the physical memory had been dumped, but the computer locked up if I tried to load them.
I have no idea how this happened. The computer has not been connected to the internet for about a month. I have loaded no new programs recently, and I have done nothing strenuous on the computer. If you could help me, I would really appreciate.
