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porter1998

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    i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
    « on: September 17, 2008, 09:34:51 AM »
    I tried to reinstall windows xp from my hard drive and during installation it came up sayng that it could not finish installing because <windows root>\system32\hal.dll  is either corrupt or missing.  Can someone please tell me what i need to do with this to get windows reinstalled.  I don't have a cd because the computer never came with one.  thank you in advance.

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    Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
    « Reply #1 on: September 18, 2008, 03:20:11 AM »
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    I tried to reinstall windows xp from my hard drive
    How did you do this if you don't have the Windows CD?

    What exactly did you do?
    Is this Windows XP

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      Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
      « Reply #2 on: September 18, 2008, 06:29:02 AM »
      i went through the windows file and found the installation file and tried to reinstall the windows xp media center.

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      Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
      « Reply #3 on: September 18, 2008, 06:33:29 AM »
      I'm afraid that isn't how to reinstall Windows....

      What installation file?

      Can you get the Windows CD? (borrow one)

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        Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
        « Reply #4 on: September 18, 2008, 07:42:37 AM »
        i can probably borrow one from a friend but i don't know if it has to be the same version?  my sister also got a new computer that she has vista on and she might have her old cd of windows xp.  can i use a xp home disc to help me out with using a media center computer?

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        Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
        « Reply #5 on: September 18, 2008, 07:43:52 AM »
        I'm afraid you will need a Windows Media Center CD.

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          Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
          « Reply #6 on: September 18, 2008, 07:45:42 AM »
          i am at a loss because i don't know of anyone with win xp media center.  is there any other way around this?

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          Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
          « Reply #7 on: September 18, 2008, 08:10:37 AM »
          I am afraid you will need the CD.

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          Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
          « Reply #8 on: September 18, 2008, 03:02:34 PM »
          i am at a loss because i don't know of anyone with win xp media center.  is there any other way around this?

          There's this guy called Amazon. He's got it. Give him $119.99 and he'll send you a disk.

          http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Center-System-Builders/dp/B000JTFVM4

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            Re: i tried reinstalling windows from hard drive
            « Reply #9 on: September 23, 2008, 06:24:18 PM »
            Thank you everyone for all your help. I got a disk from gateway for my emachines computer.  So far it seems to be okay. There is only a couple of problems.  I cannot open anything in javascript, I cannot download any updates for windows xp.  Can someone please help me with this?  Also how do I uninstall mcafee security?  thanks again.