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10-31-2008, 02:34 AM
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james meade
Hi windows xp has failed to start and has given me massage
<windows root>\system 32\hal.dll. must be instolled for system to start up! question how to do this from startup without windows working really need help as main pc not working 
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10-31-2008, 10:48 AM
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If this is a generic computer with XP and you have a XP CD that's not a "recovery disk" the easiest way is do a Windows repair reinstall.
Repair Reinstallation of Windows XP (using XP CD) If this is not the case, please post what you do have. There is also a possibility that your hard drive is failing. |
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10-31-2008, 01:08 PM
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Iam working with my labtop and has vista on it .my pc is build by shop and has agigabyte k7 triton motherboard with xp in stalled on it.xp has had two service parts since this xp cd .if i try repair reinstall says their is no hard drive (also had it say that this xpcd is older then the setup already on the pc so will not repair reinstall.
I have an old laptop with xp on it can a make a bootable cd from xp or not? |
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10-31-2008, 01:14 PM
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i have powersuite pro 2008 could i make asystem image file from my old labtop xp
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10-31-2008, 02:45 PM
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You can do a "slipstream" to make a XP reinstall CD with the service packs.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp That will bring it up to SP2. If you need SP3, slipstream again: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp If it doesn't see the hard drive, one of 2 possibilities. 1. The drive has failed. 2. It's a SATA drive and you need to press F6 to install the SATA driver from a floppy disk. There really isn't a way to create a XP reinstall CD from XP that is installed on your laptop. It will not successfully boot due to the different hardware. |
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11-06-2008, 03:41 AM
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thanks for help!
its the hard drive!!! but it is only 6months old i think picked something up on the web which hurt it must be more carefull on the internet.
it's got to the point that I'am affaird to download anythink which annoys me because that what i what from it anyway thanks for help it really useful and when i reinstall i will make a streamed copy of xp 
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11-06-2008, 12:10 PM
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Nothing you download can make a hard drive fail. It's a mechanical device. If it's only 6 months old, get a warranty replacement.
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