Win XP won't boot...

[needforspeed]

from either the hard drive or the CD-ROM. The error message (blackscreen) tells me that there is a hardware configuration problem. I've reset the factory defaults. Now, I'm stumped. Can anyone give me some guidance on this issue?

 

[Yeagermeister]

from either the hard drive or the CD-ROM. The error message (blackscreen) tells me that there is a hardware configuration problem. I've reset the factory defaults. Now, I'm stumped. Can anyone give me some guidance on this issue?

Can you boot in to safe mode?

 

[the kid 05]

did you recently add a piece of hardware? if its not properly installed it might cause a problem, like a piece of ram thats only half on, or a hdd that isn't fully attached