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If you can get into the bios check your disk controller settings or any setting that has to do with the hdd, make sure they are all correct. Then try to get to the recovery console again and running chkdsk a couple times should clear it up, usually does the trick for boot problems.
If he's getting a partial boot (see's the XP logo), the disk controller is probably OK. It sounds like a corrupted sector. It's a "stuff happens" thing.
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