Originally Posted by Colmike7

There are a bunch of reasons why that could happen. Are you using X86 or X64? Are you possibly using an Intel with Nvidia video card?

One thing to try:
$sudo chmod +x /etc/X11/X
$startx

If that doesn't work and you get "/etc/X11/X is not executable" then do this as root:
apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-core

then
dpkg-reconfigure -a

When you are running, e2fsck partition should be unmounted, like a live CD or USB or something like that.

I have to go for a bit but my email is in my sig.