Windows XP not working

[Fireman]

Couldn't really think of a better title, sorry about that : (.

Anyways, I have Windows XP Pro SP3 and I was going to merge one of my partitions with Paragon hardrive Pro 2009. It failed because of something with the partition. I wanted to know why and I tested it and tried to run a disk check or something like that( I don't remember what it was called because I uninstalled it but I remember the option was extreme or normal and I chose normal )

I also used DiskKeeper Pro 09 to defrag some files so It might be that too.

And finally I installed some theme but it said 50 themes so I was like what the hell. Maybe it's a virus?

After I booted, everything worked fine and after 30 seconds the screen turns black, now it does that all the time. I don't know what do now. I wish I could tell you more information but I don't remember D:

Tried system restore, nothing

Can anybody help? Or should I just reinstall XP ( also I've got Windows Vista ultimate on my other partition but it works fine )

What are you running for an antivirus/malware program? Download this program, its free, boot to safe mode and run a full system scan: www.malwarebytes.org.

[Fireman]

Only one, Trojan Remover but it didn't really do anything. I barely went on internet on my desktop so I didn't have any use for a AV program. I'll try that program and will post if it detected anything. Thanks.

edit: How do I install it when I barely have time to log on and on safemode it won't let me install anything :/?

[glc]

Remove the drive and connect it to another computer with a USB adapter to scan it.

If a partition operation failed, you may be looking at a zero fill and rebuild - just so you know.

[Fireman]

glc, Could you possibly provide a bit more detail of what a USB adapter has to do with a hard drive? ( Unless you mean SATA to USB or something ) I'm a bit confused, I usually like things with a little more information.

Also, I'm not clear as to what you mean "zero fill and rebuild" Sorry if I'm not used to these terms.

[shadowpr]

The usb adapter will let you attach that hard drive to another computer through USB: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020&cpc=SCH

zero fill and rebuild means that you would use a program that would wipe the drive clean and format it by writing all zeros to it. That would make it like a brand new drive, and you would then have to reinstall windows.

[Fireman]

Oh that's what he meant. Can't I just go on my Vista partition and scan from there? Or will that not work because I already tried that and it did not detect anything.

I'll probably just reinstall windows I guess D: since I barely have any money.