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Cannon21
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« on: July 16, 2010, 01:44:01 PM »
Hello,

I recently tried to use the Windows XP recovery CD that came with my Gateway GT5238E model pc. However, after it went through the whole recovery process it says restart & take out the cd. But I get the missing or corrupt hal.dll file please reinstall. How do you reinstall if Windows XP won't load please help...
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 03:20:58 PM »
 Azn Cannon21

First try this fix below

1. Enter Windows XP Recovery Console.
 
2. When you reach the command line prompt (detailed in Step 6 in the link above), type the following and then press Enter:


        expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32

Using the expand command as shown above, d represents the drive letter assigned to the optical drive that your Windows XP CD is currently in. While this is most often d, your system could assign a  different letter. Also, c:\windows represents the drive and folder that Windows XP is currently installed on. Again, this is most often the case but your system could be different.
 
3. If you're prompted to overwrite the file, press Y.

4.Take out the Windows XP CD, type exit and then press Enter to restart your PC.

Assuming that a missing or corrupt hal.dll file was your only issue, Windows XP should now start normally.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010, 04:41:31 PM »
Hello thanks for the response my cd is just a recovery cd of XP it was preinstalled on my PC when I bought it. It doesn't allow me to get to the command line. I just purchased a copy of ur spotmau powersuite2010 but I copied the setup.exe on a blank disk but it doesn't boot when I put it in.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2010, 02:12:32 AM »
Your need to change the boot order in bios or sometimes you can push F12 0n boot up to change boot order, this need to be changed to boot to CDROM first.
then the cd should boot....unless the cd is not bootable then it wont boot.
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