Thanks for all your responses.

To Igor:
The loop that I meant is as follows:
PC restarts black screen is on, there is a short pause and then a very quick flash ( I mean I had to see three times before making it up) of the word “NTDETECT.EXE failed”. After this I get a screen that gives me an option to select either F2 Setup or F12 Boot menu. If I do not make a selection the PC keeps cycling between these two screens endlessly.

I never get a chance to boot from the HD since the PC keeps cycling between as described above.

To MacLover2000
Actually the floppies do make you use the CD. The problem is that in the repair rutine the PC is forced back into the loop that I described to Igor.