Boot file messed up

[Propain]

k I have this laptop and the boot.ini file was changed by me to boot.old for an experiment. and now the laptop wont boot anymore , says to replace file hal.dll. please note that rom drive doesnt work and I dont have recover disk or original OS.

[DragonNOA1]

What OS?

Bootdisk.com
Make a bootdisk and then get into your HD and rename the boot.old file back to boot.ini. I think you'll need the OS CD to reinstall hal.dll.

[Panama Red]

Or try here:

www.dll-files.com

Here's something else I just found:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184&Product=winxp

[Propain]

thanks for heads up on bootdisk.com .
made the disk. went to C: then typed edit boot.old and then I was stuck till doobie told me to do the "save as" trick to boot.ini and voila.
god bless IRC :D