No boot. Stuck!!

[Barney]

I have replaced my motherboard and CPU.
When I turned on the computer I get the Safe mode menu appear. If I try
staring in normal mode the white line runs across the bottom of the screen
then the hard drive stops running and nothing happens.
If I try in Safe mode the file names appear on screen as they are accessed
but the hard drive stops when the display drivers file is shown.
I tried booting with an emergency floppy, but I get a message saying 'file
is missing or corrupt Windows root \system\hal.dll. Please reinstall the
file.
How can I reinstall this file?
Can anyone help please.
Thanks




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[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

If you know the correct HAL for your new CPU, you can try to install it
through Device Manager or boot to the CD and press F5 - see:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299340

However, you have made so many hardware changes that your only realistic
option is a full repair install. Boot to the CD, select to install Windows,
then select to repair the existing installation.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Ron Martell]

I have replaced my motherboard and CPU.
When I turned on the computer I get the Safe mode menu appear. If I try
staring in normal mode the white line runs across the bottom of the screen
then the hard drive stops running and nothing happens.
If I try in Safe mode the file names appear on screen as they are accessed
but the hard drive stops when the display drivers file is shown.
I tried booting with an emergency floppy, but I get a message saying 'file
is missing or corrupt Windows root \system\hal.dll. Please reinstall the
file.
How can I reinstall this file?
Can anyone help please.
Thanks

When you replace the motherboard on a computer and the new motherboard
is not identical to the old one then you *must* do a Repair Install of
Windows XP in order to properly configure it to work with the new
hardware.


See http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html and please pay
particular attention to the sections about OEM versions of Windows XP.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm