Not witstanding what Und3ertak3r said, and a little off topic,

whizkid2300
perhaps your bios has hijacked the F5 key to enter the bios.
Are you waiting long enough to hit it?

My XP pro, using the F5 key gives the following menu:

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt

Enable Boot Logging
Enable VGA Mode
Last Known Good Configuration ( your most recent sttings that worked )
Directory Services Restore Mode ( Windows domain controllers only )
Debugging Mode

Start Windows Normally
Reboot
Return to OS choices Menu


just to clairify.