XP stuck in setup restart sequence


My daughter added a separate user account onto our computer's Windows XP
for her mom. After this, it would boot to the welcome screen, but neither my
account or mom's would respond. Tried several fixes from using F5, F8 and DEL
from the opening screen, without any luck. F5 gives me a myriad of safe mode
choices, F8 gives me a choice of booting from the hard drive or a CDROM, and
DEL gives me a setup with CMOS, BIOS, etc. After deleting mom's user account
from the safe mode, the results remained the same. I did a system recover
back to a week ago, which did work - but no effect on the welcome screen.
Tried to reinstall Windows XP Home, got to the key code. I must have missed
by a number, because it said the code was invalid. Using the F5 command, the
safe modes show up, but when engaged, don't give me an access - just a black
screen telling me I'm in safe mode. Using F8, I get "Setup is restarting",
and the system reboots itself. It will continue the cycle (opening screens,
Windows XP (black) screen, then the blue "Startup is restarting" screen, then
reboot continuously.

I followed the directions for a repair XP install. After rebooting, the same
sequence ending in the "Setup is restarting........." screen (blue) repeated
itself. It did say that it had tried before to repair the installation
unsuccessfully, but would try again.

Could you give me any ideas, or direct me to a site?

Thanks much,


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