Jason
December 5th 03, 01:10 AM
When you booted to CD the second time did you do anyhting
to cancel the setup?
Will the computer boot to ME fine?
If so try booting to the CD and format drive D again
then continue with setup and do not boot to CD again
Does setup continue fine this time?
>-----Original Message-----
>dear all,
>
>appreciate if anyone could shed me any light to solve my
problem,
>situation below:
>
>Previous Configuration
>======================
>Drive C [FAT32]: WinME (20G HDD)
>Drive D [FAT32]: WinXP (60G HDD containing logical
drives D & E)
>Drive E [NTFS]
>
>the system has been running fine for over 18 months but
unfortunately
>the 60G HDD was dead a few days ago. i replaced the 60G
with a new 80G
>HDD and plug it back to the system. then try to
reinstall WinXP on the
>new HDD.
>
>The problem is, i cannot proceed with the installation
setup after a
>few steps. here's what i did:
>
>1. Boot up the sys with the WinME floppy disk, then "sys
c:"
>
>2. the system is then rebooted with the floopy disk
taken out and the
>WinXP installation CD inserted
>
>3. "Boot from CD" option chosen when the system start
and the sys ask
>if i wanna install XP, i chose yes and proceeded with
the disk
>checking [if i dont choose the Boot from CD option, the
system will
>just boot straight to WinME]
>
>4. Both "C" (20G) and "D" (80G) found and i chose "D",
then
>installation program proceed to format the drive
>
>5. After the drive is formatted and setup files copied
to the HDD, the
>system reboot itself to proceed the installation process
>
>6. When the system reboot, the "Boot from CD" option
shown again, i
>tried once choosing that option but it just restarted
the process from
>step 3, then i just ignored the "boot from CD" option
and let the
>system proceed to boot from HDD
>
>Problem occurred here: when the sys went to boot from
HDD, an error
>message was prompted in the DOS screen as
>
>"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 suspect there's something still in the MBR of the
drive "C"
>partition that has not been completely cleared with
the "SYS C:"
>command. could anyone please advise what i should do to
fix the
>situation?
>
>BIOS setting:
>=============
>Boot sequence - Floppy/ATAPI CDROM/HDD
>Hardisk sequence - 20G/80G
>
>Thanks very much for any suggestion!
>
>cheers, anthony
>.
>
to cancel the setup?
Will the computer boot to ME fine?
If so try booting to the CD and format drive D again
then continue with setup and do not boot to CD again
Does setup continue fine this time?
>-----Original Message-----
>dear all,
>
>appreciate if anyone could shed me any light to solve my
problem,
>situation below:
>
>Previous Configuration
>======================
>Drive C [FAT32]: WinME (20G HDD)
>Drive D [FAT32]: WinXP (60G HDD containing logical
drives D & E)
>Drive E [NTFS]
>
>the system has been running fine for over 18 months but
unfortunately
>the 60G HDD was dead a few days ago. i replaced the 60G
with a new 80G
>HDD and plug it back to the system. then try to
reinstall WinXP on the
>new HDD.
>
>The problem is, i cannot proceed with the installation
setup after a
>few steps. here's what i did:
>
>1. Boot up the sys with the WinME floppy disk, then "sys
c:"
>
>2. the system is then rebooted with the floopy disk
taken out and the
>WinXP installation CD inserted
>
>3. "Boot from CD" option chosen when the system start
and the sys ask
>if i wanna install XP, i chose yes and proceeded with
the disk
>checking [if i dont choose the Boot from CD option, the
system will
>just boot straight to WinME]
>
>4. Both "C" (20G) and "D" (80G) found and i chose "D",
then
>installation program proceed to format the drive
>
>5. After the drive is formatted and setup files copied
to the HDD, the
>system reboot itself to proceed the installation process
>
>6. When the system reboot, the "Boot from CD" option
shown again, i
>tried once choosing that option but it just restarted
the process from
>step 3, then i just ignored the "boot from CD" option
and let the
>system proceed to boot from HDD
>
>Problem occurred here: when the sys went to boot from
HDD, an error
>message was prompted in the DOS screen as
>
>"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 suspect there's something still in the MBR of the
drive "C"
>partition that has not been completely cleared with
the "SYS C:"
>command. could anyone please advise what i should do to
fix the
>situation?
>
>BIOS setting:
>=============
>Boot sequence - Floppy/ATAPI CDROM/HDD
>Hardisk sequence - 20G/80G
>
>Thanks very much for any suggestion!
>
>cheers, anthony
>.
>