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- phaln0
This doesn't sound like a Hard Drive problem to me at all. If anything, this sounds more like WinXP's fault.
I had a similar situation happen about 2 years ago on my Win2k box - no matter what I did, that damn safe mode screen wouldn't let me enter Win2k.
Try doing a "chkdsk" - this will tell you if your hard drive is failing in respect to bad sectors. I would then definitely go with Windows XP Repair first, if the hard drive is good, and then if that fails, I would back everything up (excluding programs he can reinstall), and reformat the thing. Then reinstall XP.
Let us know if it works.