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Everytime I turn on my computer, all it does is take me to a screen that says: "We Apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last Known Good Configuration to revert to the most recent settings that worked. If a previous startup attempt was interrupted due to a power failure or because the Power or Reset button was pressed, or if your aren't sure what caused the problem, choose Start Windows Normally. and then it gives me the choices to either start in: Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked) Start Windows Normally But none of them do anything but take me back to the same black screen... in between trying to load WINDOWS XP home edition, and going back to the same screen it flashes a quick blue screen saying things such as: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME Check to make sure any new hardware // software is installed correctly.. etc. and telling me to disable BIOS memory and boot into SafeMode.. (which doesn't work) and finally at the bottom it gives me the technical information stop: 0x0000000ED ( might be GD.. but i think its ED ) (0x82FAC900, 0xC0000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I was just curious if there is a way I can get past this without having to reformat and lose all my things on the harddrive.... Thanks for the help!

Try this below, if it doesn't work you can use you're disk and reinstall without having to reformat From Microsoft..... Damaged File System If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, then the file system is damaged. If this is the case, restart the computer to the Recovery Console, and then use the chkdsk /r command to repair the volume. After you repair the volume, check your hardware to isolate the cause of the file system damage. To do this, use the following steps: 1. Start your computer with the Windows startup disks, or with the Windows CD-ROM if your computer can start from the CD-ROM drive. 2. When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to select the repair option. 3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the Windows installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console. 4. Type the administrator password when you are prompted to do so. NOTE: If no administrator password exists, press ENTER. 5. At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER. 6. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart your computer.For additional information about how to use the Recovery Console in Windows XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 314058 Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console If this procedure does not work, repeat it and use the fixboot command in step 5 instead of the chkdsk /r command.

Another helpfull link I found may help you here on how to perform a Windows XP repair install http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How can i reinstall without losing all my files? won't it reinstall over them?

A Repair Install will replace the system files with the files on the XP CD used for the Repair Install. It will leave your applications and settings intact, but Windows updates will need to be reapplied. Please see links I provided for more information

CAUSE This issue can occur if the Windows\Bootstat.dat file is compressed on an NTFS partition. If this is the case, the Automatic Recovery screen does not appear because Ntldr cannot write the Automatic Recovery flags to the Bootstat.dat file when it is compressed. Back to the top RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, decompress the Bootstat.dat file in the Windows folder. To do so: 1. Right-click the Bootstat.dat file, and then click Properties. 2. Click to clear the Compress contents to save disk space check box, and then click OK. After you decompress the Bootstat.dat file, the automatic recovery feature works, even if the NTFS partition is still compressed. Back to the top STATUS Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. Back to the top MORE INFORMATION When you restart your computer after a failed startup attempt, the computer displays the Automatic Recovery screen. This screen includes the following error message and the Windows Advanced Options menu: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. The Windows Advanced Options menu includes the following troubleshooting modes: • Safe Mode • Safe Mode with Networking • Safe Mode with Command Prompt • Last Known Good Configuration • Start Windows Normally