Im not techno minded, but really need some help.
My old laptop was running slow..so invested in newie. Copied everything I needed across, and decided to wipe old one .
Heres what i did..inserted windows xp disk..started to run..then stopped.
So..i booted from the cd..fine..got halfway through installing new xp and stopped.
Now i try to start up and it keeps saying hal.dll file missing.
Heres what I have at my supply...a vista upgrade cd..which allowed me to at least get to a dos prompt.
Tried entering the details from this help page for hal.dll on dos..says boot.ini missing.
Asking to reinstall copy of root>\system32\hal.dll. file
Where can I find this file , and how do I reinstall
I also have a windows xp cd..with my key.
Application and driver recovery dvd..borrowed.
operating system cd for windows xp..borrowed.
Any ideas?
I would like to restore it to just the basics so my son can use it.
Thanks
