the only thing under advanced is 'execute disable bit', its enabled if that helps

the boot order is
1:usb key:
2:usb fdc:
3:usb cdrom:
4:usb Hdd
5:IDE CD: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7540A-(
6:IDE HDD:
7: PCI BEV:
8:RAID: FUJITSU MHV2090BH

Excluded from boot order:
: RAID: FUJITSU MHV 2080BH
:Other USB:
: PCI :

im guessin that the raid shudnt be excluded?

Boot order looks all right. RAID can be excluded as you are after booting from hard drive.

Can you get into safe mode or anything by pressing F8 after the POST screen?

iv tried f8 still nothing

so do you reckon i shud try a reair install or do a fixmbr on recovery console?

Yes I think that will work.

But if doesn't work you may have to reinstall the OS, if it comes to this then you can back up your data using a linux live cd.

Or If you have a large hard drive you could install XP on another partition and transfer the data over.

i tried the repair install again to no avail.

will fixmbr wipe my data because if it will il try this linux live

where would i find linux live i googled it and not sure which to choose.

is it the knoppix one?

fixmbr only fixes the master boot record data will not be affected.

I Like to use Ubuntu. Download the .iso and burn it to CD using ImgBurn then boot using the CD and copy the files you want to external hard drive.

well i did fixmbr and it allowed the resuming windows page to come back on after it restarted. but it then came up with several error messages and then shut itself down

it restarted saying a file is missing or corrupt, being
<windows root>\system32\hal.dll.

Alright, now we know a bit more.

Can you go back into the recovery console and type chkdsk volume: /r replace 'volume' with the drive letter or just try typing chkdsk /r this should repair some errors on disk.