Hi deKay!
I have the exact same issue as you with the Phillips Freevents laptop.
I created a new partition, installed XP Pro and now the d*mn thing won’t boot up, can’t even boot from CD!
My question is – were you able to remove the Hard Disk and if so, how? I am confident that if I can remove the drive and format it in another machine this should resolve the issue (probably where the boot records have got messed up on the disk).
Hoping to hear from you!
Cheers,
Simon