oh bugger had a right mare of a time with my pc ...

ok .. win xp pro service pack 2

gets to xp start up screen then goes blank ...
can start it in safe mode ..
taken me ages to get it working ..
reinstalled service pack 2 and have got back in ..

need a good bit of software to scan the registery etc etc .. got norton but i think its missing summit ..

any ideas ???

many thanks