I need some help and bad.

[jomicasa 0]

I have a computer that keeps getting stuck in the windows xp splash screen, it keeps going back and forth between the windows xp screen and the Dell screen, and back again. I originally thought it might be a windows problem, but now it is telling me that It cannot find the HD. Can someone give me some suggestions or something?

[peterh 1]

Check cable connections and run a chkdsk on disk as well once XP is loaded.