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| Thread ID: 93010 | 2008-08-31 19:55:00 | hommer428 (14136) | Press F1 |
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| 701629 | 2008-08-31 19:55:00 | I did a reformat of the HD and now every time I start the computer it gives me a error message (Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. If you press any keys on the keyboard it reboots. I've tried reinstalling the software but I get the same message everytime. Windows will not load at all even in safe mode. I can't get a command prompt to come up. Any help would be greatly appreicated. Thanks hommer428 |
hommer428 (14136) | ||
| 701630 | 2008-08-31 20:02:00 | What version of Windows, are you trying to install? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 701631 | 2008-08-31 20:08:00 | Window XP Home Edition. Sorry about that. | hommer428 (14136) | ||
| 701632 | 2008-08-31 20:52:00 | Borrow a friend's computer & download seatools off the seagate website to check your hard drive. You will also have to download ISOburner so you can burn the file you download to a CD. | Greven (91) | ||
| 701633 | 2008-08-31 21:27:00 | Downloaded the files and computer still won't let me do anything.Keep getting the same error message.Hope this helps I reformatted the D drive and not C. Thanks hommer428 | hommer428 (14136) | ||
| 701634 | 2008-08-31 21:32:00 | Sorry about that again I did both drives. My brainis about fried. | hommer428 (14136) | ||
| 701635 | 2008-09-01 01:41:00 | can you borrow another xp home cd off someone & try reinstalling windows? there may be something wrong with your cd | Greven (91) | ||
| 701636 | 2008-09-01 04:37:00 | Run fdisk /mbr from a floppy or FIXMBR from the recovery console. It's your mbr that needs to be re-initialized. You can also try Ghost:Boot from a cd, chose utilities, and edit the partition table-change all values to zero |
georgeks (9122) | ||
| 701637 | 2008-09-01 05:05:00 | Run fdisk /mbr from a floppy or try : FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector. FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive It's your mbr that needs to be re-initialized. You can also try Ghost:Boot from a cd, chose utilities, and edit the partition table-change all values to zero, personaly, I'd use Ghost |
georgeks (9122) | ||
| 701638 | 2008-09-01 05:43:00 | <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. that file is the Hardware Abstraction Layer...... this == very bad problem. if a re-install is no help the i would look at a hardware problem. |
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