this is quite a common issue with my computer, it's been acting up with a black screen after boot annually and the only way i've been resolving this problem is by reinstalling windows by scratch.

so, this has happen recently after i manually switched off my computer since it had crashed on me, only when i restart it, it has black screen just before it's meant to have the blue screen with the "welcome".

i've read quite a hefty amounts of articles on this aswell, majority of them dont succeed in fixing this computer.

mainly these ones:
Computer stops responding with a black screen when you start Windows XP
Computer has a black screen and will not boot or startup-Free computer help

under the microsoft article, it's probably a cause 2 problem, but now that i've followed through with the following article im now unable to even start the computer in safe mode:

How to repair a damaged boot sector by replacing the master boot record

really dunno what to do now.

ok, the problem just got worse.
now my comptuter is stalling on "setup is being restarted"
pretty much like this video but it never reaches the black screen this guy achieves:

YouTube - Windows XP - Setup Is Being Restarted...

just attempted a repair install, following this article's advice...
it leads back to the black screen...

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

2 weeks and still nobody can help?