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severdhed:
xp boot floppies are not needed for anything...only if you cannot boot from the CD rom.  If you have to reinstall, you will need a xp disc that matches the license number you plan to use.  if you have an oem xp home license number, you cannot use an xp pro retail CD...etc.

it can be a pain in the butt.
Flake:
Well OK here is a "fix" I found for this problem but it states you need the XP Pro boot CD. 

http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm

This fix seems to imply you only need the CD to get to a certain point to fix the problem but then dont need the XP Pro boot CD after that point.  So can I use a different XP Pro CD (other than the one used to install my copy of windows) to go through this trouble shooting solution and fix my problem?  This fix seems to imply I will not need to reinstall windows.

If I'm just going to reinstall windows I could just use my Acronis software.  And if that is the case I think I will try and move and copy my HD first.
RayB:
BSOD can be anything, from faulty hardware to bad drivers, etc...

First thing I do is clean out dust and re-seat my (cleaned) RAM sticks. Check the video card is snug.

Then boot and see what happens.
bkenobi:
After reseating components, another thing you can do is remove all non-critical hardware and boot again.  Take out any extra sticks of memory, secondary (or more) HDD's, sound cards, network cards, etc.  Basically, take the system down to bare bones.  If it boots that way, you can start adding things back in.

Also, try going into safe mode.  That will more or less eliminate drivers as the cause.  Hold down F8 when Windows just starts to boot.  I would go without network to start with since it's quicker and not needed for this check, but whatever.
Flake:
It wont let me boot into safe mode.  Once I select safe mode, a list of drivers scrolls out and then the BSOD reappears.

All this after a damn defrag.  I thought that was supposed to be beneficial to a computer?
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