Laptop wont start windows xp pro. goes to a blue

This because you dont have AHCI drivers required for Win XP and you set in BIOS either sata controller or ide controller to an AHCI. You must set to native IDE or anything else like that.
If you wish set an AHCI driver you must press F6 during starting windows XP setup. And put the drivers (get it here) to floppy disk, it will prompted to install required drivers..
Another way to install driver without floppy disk you must inject the driver to windows XP installation CD...

P.S : you cant put the drivers onto floppy, because it wont be read by Windows XP setup..

Sounds like the hard drive is starting to fail. Do you hear and occasional 'click-click', 'click-click'?. A new hard disk should solve the problem

G'day trex440,

Sounds like you've got a corrupt windows.
Laptop brand model?
What version of windows are you running. eg xp home xp pro vista etc.?

Try a chkdsk command first via your windows disc.
boot from your windows disc for now.

Cheers
pcfixit

check the HDD for erorrs.

In which step you r getting BSOD, in text mode setup or
setup after reboot (GUI MODE)

Sounds like it could be a ram issue. Rule of thumb for blue screenis to check the ram first

your hdd is locked up!!! you need a new hdd....www.computereworld.com

Go to safe mode and do a system restore to a date before you started downloading songs

In those list of options is an option like
"Disable automatic restart on system failure"

Select that and then boot the laptop .. it should reboot and stop at an error screen

Let me know what it says

do u have orginal xp cd u would hav eto boot into it redo the system foramtt it reinstall xp on it if u dont know how to do all this take it to get repaird or i can do it over night mail it back fresh copy wit xp drivers updates avtivated for 120 deliveryed back all latest cleaners on auto pro job

The blue screen of death gives you an error code accross the bottom of the screen. Something like Stop: 0x0000........
go to microsofts website and on the search bar at the site type in the code beginning with Stop.....Microsoft has causes and solutions for the codes there.
If you know the code please post it. I may be able to better assist you with the code or error message.

Hope this helps you