Re: OT ping Alex re computer problem

Deb,

You have to find a selection in your ("Advanced") BIOS setup which
allows your system to "Boot" from CD instead of from your hard drive
(but it defaults back to your hard drive if no bootable CD is found in
that drive).

You might also need to find another ("Security") BIOS setting that will
allow a boot to the CD (or "removeable") drive.

Then your system should find and boot from the Windows install disc,
but you have to watch it; it will likely display a message for three
seconds or so asking you to press any key to boot from CD. If you
don't, it goes back to booting from the hard drive.

You might also search the Microsoft knowledgebase:
(http://support.microsoft.com/search/) just input hal.dll missing
corrupt as keywords to get these results http://tinyurl.com/e388x

dingalingdeb wrote:

> Hi Alex, I tried to do what you told me to - re the problem with the other
> computer - not working. My problem is: screen says: Could not start
> computer, file missing or corrupt <windows root>\system 32\hal.dll please
> reinstall copy of file
>
> Your advice was to : Insert and boot from windows cd. Press the number that
> corresponds to the correct location for the installation of windows you want
> to repair - typically this will be #1. Type bootcfg/list to show current
> entries on the BOOT.INI file type bootcfg/rebuild to repair it. Take out
> the cd rom and type exit.
>
> I don't have those options - I put the disk in and it'll come up to where,
> you know, it will say 'press DEL to enter setup; and that's the only option
> I have - so I do that and what come s up is: a double list:
> CMOS Setup Utility
>
> Standard CMOS features frequency voltage control
> Advanced Bios features load failsafe defaults
> advanced chipset features load optimized defaults
> integrated peripherals set supervisor password
> power management setup set user password
> pnp/pci config save and exit setup
> pc health stayus exit without saving
>
> The 'f' keys don't seem to help and I've tried messing around a bit here,
> but just don't have a clue what I'm doing. I have no cursor with this
> stuff??????????? probably should just leave it and take it to the shop...
>
> dingaling deb

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