Windows XP Repair

I’m having problems with a windows xp home installation. I’m not sure what happend, but the installation will boot and after the loading screen just goes blank. I’m not sure what the problem is. I booted from the windows cd and brought up the Recovery Console, and it let me login to my installation. It showed it to be the only one: 1: C:\Windows. Anyway, when i go back and choose to “Setup Windows XP”, i hit enter and it asks me for a previous version of windows for the upgrade check. When it gets past there it just shows me the partitions.

After all that is said, why the heck will the recovery console let me login, but the stupid setup wont see the previous installation? All i want to do is repair the damaged installation.

I’d appriciate any help you can provide!!!!!

-Matt Keller