PC issues!!!!!!

Hi, I have a spare tower with all working parts inside, hard drive everything else is fine, i have got a windows xp disk and formatted the drive the normal way BUT the problem is it sets up fine and gets upto where the windows xp loading screen should come up and then gives me a message saying


<windows root>\ system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing and needs re-installing but i have no idea how to when i cant get on the think and i am running out of ideas.


Can anyone help??? would be greatly appreciated!!!


Thanks Andi Silver

You need your system recovery disk which you get when you buy a new laptop or computer. If the computer like mine is custom built you get it with your motherboard...

Use this to recover your system and then re-format and install windows again...

If you don't have the system recovery disk then you should (but don't quote me) find it on the internet maybe...

Hope this helps

Karl

[Mr Woc]

Hi there

Are you re-installing windows im asuming you are cos thats what u need to do ? if so are you using the xp disk, if not then thats what you need or you could as karl has said do a recovery, if you have the disks or there might be some menu on startup when ur pc boots to select an option to re-install windows.

Woc

Woc

If it's a corrupt or missing file then windows won't re-install untill it's replaced so you'll have to do the system recovery disk first...

yep, system restore - then reinstall

Is the XP disc you're using maybe an 'OEM' disc supplied for another computer?