I'm sure this has been posted, and fixed, here before, and I've done searches on several variations of keywords, but maybe I'm just not thinking of the right ones, so right off, I'm going to apologise for re-posting an old problem if I just didn't find what I needed.

My problem is this: One DAY, out of the blue, my Toshiba laptop got itself stuck in a boot loop. It will boot as far as the WINDOWS loading screen and then go back to the Toshiba startup screen. I've tried booting into safe mode, same thing. I have a feeling I need to boot with a boot disc, but I don't know how to MAKE one. Generally, I know just enough about computers to get me into trouble, which is why I've come for help.
I do not have the original Windows XP Pro installation disc, nor any of the recovery discs. I bought this computer from a friend and neglected (stupidly) to get any of that stuff. I know that on earlier VERSIONS of Windows you could make a boot disc from a running copy of the Windows software, I just don't know how it was done.
Any help would be appreciated, and once again I apologise if I'm rehashing something thats been gone over before.SOONER or later everyone needs a real Windows CD of their own. In your case it appears to be sooner.