Desktop help!

Bscham

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Ok first off I'm not very well educated in the area of computers, so go easy on me with terms.

I have a 2005 (dinosaur) Compaq desktop with Windows xp. It's never been hooked up to the Internet at all so I don't think there are viruses on it, and I only use it to play games on it. My problem is every time I start my computer up, a screen comes up that says: "We apologize for the inconvinance, but Windows did not start successfully." Each time I try any of the options (any of the safe modes, start windows normally, las known good configuration) the computer will load for a second or two and then freeze, in fact you can hear when it dose and dose not load.

Is this the end of the line for my computer?
 
Most likely the hard drive is failing, has errors on it or has already failed. What brand of hard drive is in it?
 
Umm no I do not know the brand. It is a 160gb hard drive. The only game I run on it requires 2gbs, so ya.
 
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