Hi

I would like to determine the HAL required by a PC without
installing an OS. Is there anyway I can do this easily
with DOS or Windows PE for example?

Thanks for your help.

Susan

How to Force a Hardware Abstraction Layer During an Upgrade or New Installation of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Susan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
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| Hi
|
| I would like to determine the HAL required by a PC without
| installing an OS. Is there anyway I can do this easily
| with DOS or Windows PE for example?
|
| Thanks for your help.
|
| Susan
|

Hi Carey

Thanks for your response. The URL you provided looks very
useful, but I don't want to go as far as installing XP. I
would like to be able to find out the HAL required before I
put an OS on the machine. Ultimately I would like to use
the information I collect with disk imaging to cut the
build process for new PCs.

Any ideas?

Susan


>-----Original Message-----
>How to Force a Hardware Abstraction Layer During an
Upgrade or New Installation of Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/default...scid=kb;en-us;
299340&Product=winxp
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>"Susan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
> news:d7f601c40a94$50d80b30$(E-Mail Removed)...
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>| Hi
>|
>| I would like to determine the HAL required by a PC
without
>| installing an OS. Is there anyway I can do this easily
>| with DOS or Windows PE for example?
>|
>| Thanks for your help.
>|
>| Susan
>|
>.
>