I tried to put a copy of windows xp on a dos partition on my mac pro and now cannot access the hard drive with the latest maverics on it

I tried to put a copy of windows xp on a dos partition on my harddrive partitioned for mac pro os x maveriks 10.9.3 but with a dos partition fat32 for the windows; but when I tried to reboot I cannot now access the hard drive.  Sometimes I get a white page with a question mark and sometimes I get a black screen with a blinking curser at the top.  I have a backup mac with lion which I am now using to comunicate.

Windows XP has a notorious reputation for crapping on multiple partition boot blocks, including in your case, OS X.
There are three options.
Boot into Recovery (Press and hold command+R at boot)Choices
Restore from Time Machine backup
Retrieve and install current version of OS X from Apple Servers
Boot into Internet Recovery (Press and hold option+command+R at boot)
Requires Mac that shipped with OS X Lion or later
Retrieves and installs original version of OS X that shipped with the machine
Must update to Mavericks again
Restore user data from Time Machine
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar appointmentSee if Apple will reinstall OS X Mavericks for you
When you resurrect your machine, follow Eric Root's advice about Boot Camp, or a Virtual Machine. Boot Camp v5.1 on Mavericks no longer supports Windows XP, Vista, or Enterprise versions of Windows 7 or 8.

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