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re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 8:14 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David Evans
(2 messages posted)
I had a similar problem with win2k not controlling power (e.g. It would tell the
user
to shut the machine off instead of doing so itself).
Going through the pseudo-upgrade process changed the HAL and has fixed that
problem. It has not fixed a problem with adding more memory. A question about
which I will post in a different sub thread.
NOTE: At least for me getting the setup program to perform an "Upgrade" process
was non intuitive.
The setup program first asks if I want to Repair or Install. It is necessary to
"Install"
in the first question, not repair. Then the setup program once again searches the
drive and identifies that there is a win2k OS already installed. It _again_ asks
if you
want to install or Repair. To this _second_ question about repairing is when you
tell
it to repair. If you tell it the first time, it does not actually do what you want
(i.e. after
multiple times through my HAL was not changed when "Repairing" from the first
question.). It should be noted that the word "Upgrade" was not used by the setup
program at any time until _after_ all choices are already made!
This pseudo-upgrade appears to not have any significant impact on the operation of
other programs already installed on the machine without the need to do anything
extra on my part. Please note that this was the "Upgrade" process, not the complete
re-install. The complete re-install explicitly states on-screen that all of your
configuration and "My Documents" directories will be wiped.
On the other hand I _always_ recommend that you make a backup prior to making
significant changes.
Dave
On Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 1:31 am, harpua wrote:
>I have a few questions about the HAL on Windows 2000:
>
>I believe I have a problem with APM: my computer will not turn itself off when I
>shutdown. It is a dual boot system, and will shut down fine in Win98. Therefore,
>the BIOS is working fine.
>
>Question #1:
>Should I search the website/contact technical support of the computer manufacturer,
>the motherboard manufacturer, or Microsoft to determine if I should upgrade my HAL?
>
>
>Question #2:
>If I do have to upgrade (i.e., reinstall, according to the instructions of this
article),
>will backing up my registry and reloading it afterwards make my programs work so
>I don't have to reinstall them?
>
>Question #3:
>I have trouble with my floppy drive: everytime I try to read a floopy disk, I get
>the following message:
>
>"A:/ not accessible.
>
>The floppy disk controller reported an error that is not recognized by the floppy
>disk driver."
>
>Could this also be resolved my reinstalling a new, correct HAL?
>
>My thanks to anyone who can help.
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