My Puter wont start up w/XP Prof.s
I run Win XP Prof. on my computer.
My AMD CPU died and I bought another CPU just like it( That is not the problem)
When I installed it and restarted computer it says......
"Verifying DMI Pool Data...
Boot from CD
Boot from CD "
Then nothng else happens.....I put in the OS Disk and ran a Repair, Ck HD for errors and found none.
I restart computer and get the same as above.....
I am not sure what to ck now.....Reinstall XP PROF?????......
Thanks in advance,
Will
OK Update on this problem
I restarted computer and when it gets to
"Verifying DMI Pool Data...
Boot from CD
Boot from CD "
I pushed "F8" to get it in safe mode.
I click OS "Windows XP Prof."
Now I get this message.
"<windows root>\system32\hal.dll" missing or corrupt
I have no clue as to how to install that hal.dll
Done all these things before
Startup is CD First, the HD.
I did run chkdsk and fixboot too.
Battery is only thing I have NOT changed.
When it gets to
Boot from CD
it just sits there and then, if I push F8, it gives me the message about
"<windows root>\system32\hal.dll" missing or corrupt"
I even tried using OS Disk and expand the i386 file to install this missing dll file and
it says it cannot find CD.
I guess the last thing to try is to reinstall XP again. I can access to save any files that I may loose in reinstalling XP again. I know My Documents will be gone as well as Desktop Icons......
That is what I will have to do...
I ordered new HD to do just what you advise.........Just a pain to have to go back and install everything........Thanks
Quote:
Originally Posted by
rwest
Willoverton, if you do plan on a nuke and pave, I'd throw in a small hdd if you have one and load up xp to it. You don't need to activate it, (you don't even need to get any updates)you just need it to slave your original drive and get your 'My Dcuments' folder copied and any other files you may have had on your desktop.
Once this is done you can start with a fresh install on the original hdd, your files will be saved on the other. I keep a spare 20 gig hanging around for this exact purpose.
Note: if fixboot doesn't do it, you can also try 'fixmbr'.
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