Restarting and booting up issue, only in OSX

After installing XP onto my Macbook, I noticed restarting back into OSX that the restart screens, flashed in and out, showing the login box, then disappearing and flashing blue again until finally I get to the login box. It then proceeded to sign in normally bringing me to my desktop and then again, without warning, flashes blue and takes me back to login in screen after flashing a few more times. 2nd time is always a charm, and then it finally lets me sign in successfully to my desktop for good.
While annoying I have never noticed any other issues other than this, so I never worried too much. Now though with the new 10.5.8 update, I cannot restart properly, so it cancels the update, leaving my mac unable to update. I get back to my desktop and go to software update and it says I never updated the new update. I have tried multiple time now with no idea how to make my macbook restart normally. Is there a way to fix this? Again it only has issues on the OSX end, the XP windows mode works fine. This all started after installing XP.
Hope this is the right thread, after much searching I couldn't find a similar problem. Please forgive the post and point me in the right direction if anyone can thank you all for your time!

Thonz wrote:
No other replies than the standard ones? This cannot be an uncommon problem I'm facing.
Please help me out!
You have already tried the "standard" troubleshooting solutions. Most times an issue cannot be diagnosed unless the computer is physically examined by a repair tech.
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left? Not enough space can cause the issues you are having as well as a failing hard drive -
Common symptoms of a dying hard drive are the following:
Hard drive is making a clicking, whirring, grinding, ping pong ball noise or any other type of unusual noises.
Hard drive is not spinning.
Computer is not recognizing the hard drive.
Sluggish loading of applications.
System freezes and hangs.
If you have Apple Care, give them a call. Otherwise, take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP for a proper diagnoses.

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Eric

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