HI MY IBM THINKPAD WITH WINDOWS XP WHEN SWITCHED ON
SHOWS WINDOWS XP TRIES TO START FOR 5 MINS OR MORE THEN
SCREEN GOES BLUE THEN BLACK THEN TRIES TO START AGAIN
KEEPS GOING ON THIS LOOP
I CAN NOT ACCESS ANY SUB MENUS , ANY IDEAS
No need to post in all Caps. Have you tried booting to Safe Mode or Last Known Good Configuration?
thanks for advice,I have tried both methods
no joy unfortunately
I would boot to Recovery Console and run a chkdsk. If that doesn't work, run a Windows Repair.