problem installing winxp pro

[jroe]

i have a compaq presario 5000t with win me i tried installing winxp asan upgrade with no luck i tried completely format my drive meaning 0000 across the drive and tried installing winxp as it is installing hardware support files it comes to some ntfc file and it stops to a blue screen and says system32\hal.dll file is missing or corrupted and gives me some solution like disable any new hardware so on and so on. the only new hardware i have is a new cd-rom to replace the old one that did not work

[Needalittleinfo]

this is probaly not the problem at all but, I had a copy of xp once that had a teenie weenie scratch on it and it couldn't find like 3 files on the install, kinda sucked, i had to try a few times to get it to work. And also, you said that it was a upgrade cd or whole install?

[timandalexis]

The missing or cannot find hal.dll, \windows\system32\hal.dll, or \winnt\system32\hal.dll error message may be experienced on a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP system when the boot.ini becomes corrupted or when a user is attempting to dual boot a computer.

As I recall Windows ME has some sort of dual partiton thing going on with it. I had num,erous problems with a clients computer when I tried to upgrade it. The above is from google search on the problem. If you do the asearch, there is also a place to download that dll file.

Good luck

Tim

[demon_wolf]

I had the same problem as Needalittleinfo when I installed XP Pro on this comp. After a few attempts I managed to get it installed.

With my Wifes Comp, it was a different story. She had Win ME and after 2 days of trying to install and getting error after error, I did a low level format, wiped the drive clean, and started over. After repartitioning the Hard Drive, XP Pro installed first times.