WinXP won't boot - stuck on black screen with "Loading Intel Boot Agent..."

hmm.. could it be anything wrong with the intel boot
agent?

also have you tried scanning for viruses as they
sometimes affect your master boot record

-----Original Message-----
I've installed XP twice now on a DELL PIII/533 256MB
with NTFS 10G
drive. Everything loads fine, but after a couple of
normal reboots it
refuses to startup again. BIOS is using latest update,
it loads, black
screen with blinking cursor comes up, then says "Loading
Intel Boot
Agent," and never gets past that. I can boot to floppies
and get into
the Recovery Console. What can I do here? I've used this
copy of XP on
other machines and it has worked wonderfully. I wonder
if it's a
hardware problem, but the fact that it's loaded fine and
works for a
bit, says everything is fine.

Suggestions are appreciated!
.