XP won't boot, last known good config won't start either

[O negative]

Dell Latitude with factory installed XP

Last known good configuration does not load.
Safe mode does not load.
safe mode with command prompt does not load.

Preboot hardware diagnostics result: all good.

When safe mode is attempted mup.sys is the last driver to load.

Files (including hidden) that were modified on or after the last good day:
windows\system32\catroot2\edb.log
windows\system32\catroot2\edb.chk
windows\temp\WGAErrLog.txt
windows\prefetch\MOTOHELPERAGENT.EXE-05EF0AE8.pf
windows\prefetch\WSCNTFY.EXE-1B24F5EB.pf
windows\prefetch\IEXPLORE.EXE-27122324.pf
windows\prefetch\GOOGLEUPDATE.EXE-1E123D86.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-2A94BB85.pf
windows\prefetch\Layout.ini
windows\prefetch\LOGON.SCR-151EFAEA.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-1857459C.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-483E13BB.pf
windows\prefetch\ACRORD32.EXE-19C3D96E.pf
windows\prefetch\NOTEPAD.EXE-336351A9.pf
windows\prefetch\WMIADAP.EXE-2DF425B2.pf
windows\prefetch\WUAUCLT.EXE-399A8E72.pf
windows\prefetch\NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf
windows\prefetch\X1EXEC.EXE-2837F4A3.pf
windows\prefetch\EXEC.EXE-018D1742.pf
windows\prefetch\MOTOHELPERUPDATE.EXE-012DB565.pf
windows\prefetch\WMIPRVSE.EXE-28F301A9.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-384A4F69.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-188DF14E.pf
windows\prefetch\VLC.EXE-22DF01AA.pf
windows\prefetch\RUNDLL32.EXE-451FC2C0.pf
windows\prefetch\DFRGNTFS.EXE-269967DF.pf
windows\prefetch\DEFRAG.EXE-273F131E.pf
windows\prefetch\GOOGLECRASHHANDLER.EXE-2AD830DE.pf
windows\bootstat.dat
windows\WindowsUpdate.log
windows\SchedLgU.Txt
windows\setupapi.log
windows\0.log
windows\ModemLog_Conexant HDA D110 MDC V.92 MODEM.txt

The above data was collected using a live linux CD. DOS prompt is unavailable so I cannot run CHKDSK.

The last time I used it (yesterday) I was online wirelessly using AC power. I have my update options set to manual and I don't recall OK'ing any. (I didn't see any install mentioned during shutdown either). I was going to download a KDE linux image from mission mirror, but it was going too slow. I couldn't use torrent so I tried to download VUZE. It looked like I was going to get a lot of garbage so I quit without downloading anything (my intention anyway).

Are there known viruses associated with VUZE? Does VUZE have a bug that can corrupt system files? I can't see any evidence of VUZE files, but I don't have file search capability right now so its hard to check everywhere.

The hard drive seems alright as I was able to copy my most important files to a USB stick.
The last known good configuration is probably still intact, but I can't even run regedit to look at it.

 

[Tmagic650]

Sounds like you'll have to try formatting and then re-installing XP. If the install fails you may have more clues of what is really wrong