I ran into the dreaded hal.dll missing or corrupt error during my Windows ME
migration.  I got past it but now need ideas on how to recover my data.
Drive C: 800 MB (System Disk) - No Operating system but is bootable.
Drive D: 80 GB (Seagate Drive) - Original Windows ME system ...

I accidentaly set the  program cd to install rather than repair and now I
cannot get out of the program loop. Every time I try to reboot the system it
goes back into the setup program with or without the disc in the drive.
How do I abort the install program and revert to the ...

Upgrading to XP from 98 w/ upgrade disk. Transferred files fine but when it
rebooted to continue install received this error message: unexpected error
(0)
occurred at line 1773 in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\arcdisp.c.

My laptop runs on Windows XP and it's not starting up. I get the message: We
apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A
recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
I've clicked on every option given and the same thing happens every ...

Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
Reinstall (or repair install) of XP SP2 on my desktop PC.
It goes through the setup process, and while it is installing devices, the
computer eventually undergoes a freeze/restart.  No stop message is recorded

i built a new (faster comp) for my Wife and she everything thats on her hard
drive the same. How can I use the old hard drive in the new comp.
I put the drive in the new computer and started it up,I reconized all the
drives,video card,I could go to the Bios and set everything,then ...

I have recently upgraded my hp notebook software to XP PRO SP2, but am now
having stability issues.
When "shut down" is selected, the notebook does nothing. It still runs as
normal (no hangs) but just won't close and shutdown. It doesn't even get to

I've got this weird "wallpaper" that says "Danger Spyware" in a really
irritating bright red box. There's no virus but I can't remove it. I have
tried going into Desktop Settings and changing the background but it seems to
be blocked. The relevant window is shaded out. Any ...

My father has had a system disk crash but his data disk is fine, he has
obtained a new hard drive and installed windows XP home edition (SP2) - (he
was using XP home edition but don't know what SP). The bios and device
manager see the data drive but no drive letter is specified ...

After a reinstall, my usual pc guy installed XP Pro,(VLK), instead of the OEM
XP home edition, which I have a coa for. When I do a MS update, the message"  
Validation Failure: Product Key Failed Validation[0x80080220] The product key
found on your computer is from a Volume ...

i have a dell dimension 1100, iam trying to install windows xp home for the
first time.
I am already running windows xp home.
I want to :-

I have an error message saying (in setup) that it is missing the EULA.  I
read a post about it and it did not help.  I am putting XP home on a computer
which has been formatted and fdisked with the win98 system disk.  THis
happened to me once before but cant remember what I did ...

I have just put music into the iPod E: Drive, and now it won't remove the
hardware safely. Please help.

Hi! I have a SONY VGCRB53 desktop computer with pre-installed winxp home +
SP2. I cannot upgrade to winxp professional (without SP1/2) without a clean
installation.
SONY support site says  "Upgrading from Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

I had a problem with my C: drive a while back so I installed WINXP Pro SP1 on
my second hard drive D:. Now I want to format my C: drive and do a clean
install of WinXP Pro SP2. If I do this:
1) How can I be sure I will boot to the C: drive and not the D: drive after