My Computer won't restart after installing SP2

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"ak45" wrote:

> I fell asleep while SP2 was installing on my computer, and i think there was
> a power outage at my house. When i woke up, i tried to turn on my computer,
> but it wouldn't boot up successfully. it would only get to the screen with
> the black background and the XP with the blue motion bar at the
> bottom.....after that, the computer would got to a green gateway screen, then
> make some weird noise and try to reboot again, and it keeps doing this cycle.
> Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this???
>
> thanks,
> Adam