Nli.
03-11-2008, 06:40 PM
This could be a long post.
Recently I uninstalled Windows Vista (and no, I don't think it sucks! I just fancied a change) so, I uninstalled vista and put Windows XP on it. It was rubbish my wireless network didn't work well with it etc... so I left it a few days, and I've come to reinstall vista. Im quite tired so I wasn't 100% focused on it.
I inserted the bootdisc for Vista, it asked me what language I wanted to install it in. I thought wait, I want to delete windows xp and then reinstall it. I switched off my laptop and tried again, hoping for that blue screen where it ask's if I wanted to repair my copy of windows, or create a new partition etc... but it didn't.
So I restarted the laptop again and waited for the screen asking me to "boot from disc, press any key" or something like that, to see if I could do it that way. But for some reason im shown this message;
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file"
I've done a few searches, telling me to do various things but it won't get past that message for example, It won't ask me to boot or whatever. For the record Im using a Fujistu Siemens ESPRIMO Mobile, any help will be appreciated and alot of rep
Recently I uninstalled Windows Vista (and no, I don't think it sucks! I just fancied a change) so, I uninstalled vista and put Windows XP on it. It was rubbish my wireless network didn't work well with it etc... so I left it a few days, and I've come to reinstall vista. Im quite tired so I wasn't 100% focused on it.
I inserted the bootdisc for Vista, it asked me what language I wanted to install it in. I thought wait, I want to delete windows xp and then reinstall it. I switched off my laptop and tried again, hoping for that blue screen where it ask's if I wanted to repair my copy of windows, or create a new partition etc... but it didn't.
So I restarted the laptop again and waited for the screen asking me to "boot from disc, press any key" or something like that, to see if I could do it that way. But for some reason im shown this message;
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file"
I've done a few searches, telling me to do various things but it won't get past that message for example, It won't ask me to boot or whatever. For the record Im using a Fujistu Siemens ESPRIMO Mobile, any help will be appreciated and alot of rep