Quote: Originally Posted by
ucubed 
well it just so happens i can't open the d drive using command prompt. It will close explorer as it tries to open and restart explorer giving me a window talking about safe mode. I've tried using my external and flash drive.
ok change the bios to boot first the cd drive. put the CD in, Do you have a floppy drive?
the next step in this will be making your flashdrive into a bootable device with the cd drivers to get the damn thing to boot
if none of this works and you cannot get to the recovery console - do a reinstall of XP, it will replace the OS but keep the other data on it