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02-19-2004, 05:22 PM
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Boot file messed up
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.
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02-19-2004, 09:47 PM
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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.
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02-19-2004, 10:00 PM
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Or try here:
www.dll-files.com Here's something else I just found: http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp Last edited by Panama Red; 02-19-2004 at 10:06 PM. |
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02-20-2004, 08:09 PM
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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 
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