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Hi,
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but I can't find one that seems
bettor suited.
I attemped an SP2 upgrade.
It results in the "blue screen of death" when it attempts to reboot after
what seems like a succesful download and install.
I also get a message that "hal.dll" is missing.
I've googled and looked at several "fixes", some from microsoft web sites
and from others as well. Most suggest use of the Recovery Console with
Bootcfg, etc...
None of these work for me, as the SP2 download appears to have erased my
windows configuration.
When I run bootcfg /list, I get "no windows installationfound".
Bootcfg/rebuild has same results.
I've run chkdsk /p, etc... The disk seems ok.
So I'm now tyring to just reload XP from the original CD, but Setup doesn't
work, because it can't find a windows installation. It is demanding that I
insert the original CD from a previous version to prove that I am legal. I
don't have the ME cd anymore as I threw that away when I converted to XP a
couple of years ago.
My disk appears to be ok. My programs directory is intact, and more
importantly, documents and settings is intact.
There is however no directory \windows to be found.
I changed the bios to boot from CD and can get to a C:\ prompt by selecting
R for recovery console. Bootcfg is no help though.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I should try next ?
thanks,
tim
Hi,
Not sure if this is the correct forum, but I can't find one that seems
bettor suited.
I attemped an SP2 upgrade.
It results in the "blue screen of death" when it attempts to reboot after
what seems like a succesful download and install.
I also get a message that "hal.dll" is missing.
I've googled and looked at several "fixes", some from microsoft web sites
and from others as well. Most suggest use of the Recovery Console with
Bootcfg, etc...
None of these work for me, as the SP2 download appears to have erased my
windows configuration.
When I run bootcfg /list, I get "no windows installationfound".
Bootcfg/rebuild has same results.
I've run chkdsk /p, etc... The disk seems ok.
So I'm now tyring to just reload XP from the original CD, but Setup doesn't
work, because it can't find a windows installation. It is demanding that I
insert the original CD from a previous version to prove that I am legal. I
don't have the ME cd anymore as I threw that away when I converted to XP a
couple of years ago.
My disk appears to be ok. My programs directory is intact, and more
importantly, documents and settings is intact.
There is however no directory \windows to be found.
I changed the bios to boot from CD and can get to a C:\ prompt by selecting
R for recovery console. Bootcfg is no help though.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I should try next ?
thanks,
tim