HALACPI.dll error on upgrade

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Fred, depending on how old your Mom's computer is you may want to upgrade
the Bios. Also, are you using a upgrade
version of WinXP CD? If I remember correctly a OEM Ver of WinXP CD will
not do a Upgrade.
"Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to upgrade my Mom's computer from ME to XP Home and the install
> quits after the first reboot, with an error mesage that "HALACPI.dll
> cannot be found." (As an aside, if it is required for installation,
> shouldn't it be on the CD?!) I've located the file on the web, and placed
> it in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hal.ddl folder (the folder was already
> present, but empty). I have no idea if this is where it belongs or if it
> will solve the problem, but I'd like to ask BEFORE I try the installation
> again - I do have a Ghost image of the hdd, but - getting old having to
> reinstall the image again and again!
>
> TIA,
> Fred

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try this......
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;q237556
peterk

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"Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to upgrade my Mom's computer from ME to XP Home and the install
> quits after the first reboot, with an error mesage that "HALACPI.dll
> cannot be found." (As an aside, if it is required for installation,
> shouldn't it be on the CD?!) I've located the file on the web, and placed
> it in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\hal.ddl folder (the folder was already
> present, but empty). I have no idea if this is where it belongs or if it
> will solve the problem, but I'd like to ask BEFORE I try the installation
> again - I do have a Ghost image of the hdd, but - getting old having to
> reinstall the image again and again!
>
> TIA,
> Fred

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After looking at your question again I realised this might be a better help
site


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"Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
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> peterk wrote:
>> try this......
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;q237556
>> peterk
>>
> Hi, peterk,
>
> I checked the article, but it's for 2000 servers and Professional edition.
> Even the directions to determine the computer type don't work with MinME.
> I do appreciate the help!
>
> Fred

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I also found this
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;320252
peterk

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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
the problem
"Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
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> peterk wrote:
>> try this......
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;q237556
>> peterk
>>
> Hi, peterk,
>
> I checked the article, but it's for 2000 servers and Professional edition.
> Even the directions to determine the computer type don't work with MinME.
> I do appreciate the help!
>
> Fred

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Fred, did you enable ACPI in the Bios and disable Virus Protection? If
you have more than one Ram module try
swapping them out.
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
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>I also found this
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;320252
> peterk
>
> --
> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
> about the problem
> "Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
> news:11cmadg16k3nf2c@corp.supernews.com...
>> peterk wrote:
>>> try this......
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;q237556
>>> peterk
>>>
>> Hi, peterk,
>>
>> I checked the article, but it's for 2000 servers and Professional
>> edition. Even the directions to determine the computer type don't work
>> with MinME. I do appreciate the help!
>>
>> Fred
>
>

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Rich Barry wrote:

> Fred, did you enable ACPI in the Bios and disable Virus Protection? If
> you have more than one Ram module try
> swapping them out.
> "peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
> newsZY3ZndgFHA.1612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>I also found this
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252
>>peterk
>>
>>--
>>It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
>>about the problem
>>"Fred" <MARDALEextractthis@intergate.com> wrote in message
>>news:11cmadg16k3nf2c@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>peterk wrote:
>>>
>>>>try this......
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q237556
>>>>peterk
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hi, peterk,
>>>
>>>I checked the article, but it's for 2000 servers and Professional
>>>edition. Even the directions to determine the computer type don't work
>>>with MinME. I do appreciate the help!
>>>
>>>Fred
>>
>>
>
>
Rich,

I checked the BIOS - ACPI is and has been enabled and the Virus Warning
is and has been disabled. I'll try swapping the RAM modules after I try
another normal upgrade since I now have the missing dll file in the
SYSTEM32/hal.dll folder. After that, I'll swap the maodules and try
peterk's suggestion regarding the startup disk. Thanks for the help!

Fred