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re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 10:56 am
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Posted by Scott Getter (1 messages posted)


You may want to check your BIOS and make sure the right boot order is set. I got this message when I changed the BIOS to boot from CDROM first, then next in the lineup was HDD1. I changed it to HDD0 and it worked fine after that. Scott Getter scottgetter@yahoo.com


On Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 4:10 am, John Dean wrote:
>I have a question about Making
>Sure the Correct HAL is Installed
:


>
>I am getting "Windows could not start because the hal.dll file is missing or corrupt"
>with Windows XP Home
>
>I can't fix this because Windows will not start again from the CD. I expected it
>to try to install with the XP CD in my CD tray
>
>I can get to safe mode using F8 but then none of the options work and I just get
>the error message again.
>
>I seem to be in a loop with this with no way out
>
>What's the XP route for formatting the disk and starting again???
>
>


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Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (John Dean: Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 4:10 am)

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-Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (John Dean: Sun, Dec 22, 2002, 4:10 am)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (C K: Sun, Dec 22, 2002, 10:47 am)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (John Dean: Sun, Dec 22, 2002, 11:35 am)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Mark W. Mumma: Thu, Sep 4, 2003, 9:26 pm)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (J Weber: Thu, Dec 8, 2005, 3:18 am)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Matthew Weathers: Thu, Feb 2, 2006, 9:04 pm)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Scott Getter: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 10:56 am)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Amplificar: Fri, Feb 4, 2005, 3:26 pm)
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