Weird error . . .Please help

[Philip]

I am getting a weird error on my computer. This computer
was loaded with windows xp about a week ago. It ran fine
for awhile then one day while rebooting, it came up and
gave me this error. it says:

Windows could not start because of the following ARC
firmware boot configuration problem:
did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and system
paths. Please check the windows documentation about arc
configuration options.

Would this be a problem with my windows install or my
hardware or what. Im really stumped on this one. please
help me so I can boot to my NEW computer. Thanks

[Dragonteeth]

"Philip" > wrote in message
...
> I am getting a weird error on my computer. This computer
> was loaded with windows xp about a week ago. It ran fine
> for awhile then one day while rebooting, it came up and
> gave me this error. it says:
>
> Windows could not start because of the following ARC
> firmware boot configuration problem:
> did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and system
> paths. Please check the windows documentation about arc
> configuration options.
>
> Would this be a problem with my windows install or my
> hardware or what. Im really stumped on this one. please
> help me so I can boot to my NEW computer. Thanks

Grim news from the Microsoft Knowledgebase.....
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315679

Better news...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

According to the articles... given that it *did* work, it may have been
caused by a virus.... were you running Anti-viral software?

Very good luck to you.