XP freezes on startup

I'm running Windows XP professional

on my desktop, when i turn it on it comes up saying:

"we apologise for the inconvienience, but windoes did not start successfully"

it then gives me the options of:

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Start Windows Normally

whenever I select anyone of these, the computer freezes and doesn't respond.

I've tried hitting f8 and with every option I choose the computer still freezes but this time goes to a black screen.

sometimes when i power on it says something along the lines of:

"multiple Bios attempts have failed, press F4 to enter Bios Setup"

when I start up I can still access Bios options (with f4) or the troubleshooter options (with F8) yet no matter what i try it still freezes upon selecting any mode to start on.

any one have any ideas if this can be repaired or should I (regrettably) throw it away?