Help!!!! My knowledge of computers is very limited and on a need to know basis only.....however, I have come across a problem which I have no clue how to solve.
After my children had been playing on the computer, I came to turn on the following day and was surprised by the message I have.
The system appears to start normally, ie with the Dell intel screen, however, before I reach my user password access, the screen goes black and displays the following message:
Windows could not start because of the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
I do have the original discs that came with my PC, however, when I load them into the disc drive,they do not load, it must be waiting for some sort of command, but I dont know what.
Please help, I do occasional work from home, and need access to my computer.
Any help is really appreciated