Well, I've searched around the site but can't seem to find my specific issue.
Here's some background: The other day I go to start up my laptop like every day, and I get the error that hal.dll is missing or corrupted. I go into XP recovery, overwrite hal.dll and reboot. Then it tells me it doesn't match with another file, ktnostl.exe or something along those lines. I overwrite that, then it gives me a kernel loading error.
I then decide to do a repair/reinstallation of XP Pro. That chugs along fine until it starts installing devices, then a warning box pops up saying Windows cannot verify logo testing for my 8800M GTX, and it strongly recommends I do not install the software for that. Yes to continue installing anyway, No to cancel. I hit Yes.
Right afterward, BSOD, 0x0000007E, says something about usbhub.sys, though no peripherals are hooked up, I was using built-in keyboard and touch pad. I reboot, go back, hit No when the video card warning box popped up again. Same BSOD right after.
I tried making new Boot.inis, but when the computer moves along, it tries to go back to the new installation of XP, and the same error comes up.
I went into Recovery again and tried disabling the video card driver (I think it was the right one, using listsvc) called NVsvc NVIDIA display adapter, or something along thoses lines. I tell it to disable. I reboot, it goes back to enabled, says the only valid ones are startup_auto startup_boot startup_demand, etc. but nothing about being able to disable it.
So that's where I am. Every time I try to reinstall XP, it gets to the same spot, and then BSOD. The only option I can think of is reformatting and losing everything, but I'd like to save my stuff.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I can offer more in-dept info when I get off work.
Here's some background: The other day I go to start up my laptop like every day, and I get the error that hal.dll is missing or corrupted. I go into XP recovery, overwrite hal.dll and reboot. Then it tells me it doesn't match with another file, ktnostl.exe or something along those lines. I overwrite that, then it gives me a kernel loading error.
I then decide to do a repair/reinstallation of XP Pro. That chugs along fine until it starts installing devices, then a warning box pops up saying Windows cannot verify logo testing for my 8800M GTX, and it strongly recommends I do not install the software for that. Yes to continue installing anyway, No to cancel. I hit Yes.
Right afterward, BSOD, 0x0000007E, says something about usbhub.sys, though no peripherals are hooked up, I was using built-in keyboard and touch pad. I reboot, go back, hit No when the video card warning box popped up again. Same BSOD right after.
I tried making new Boot.inis, but when the computer moves along, it tries to go back to the new installation of XP, and the same error comes up.
I went into Recovery again and tried disabling the video card driver (I think it was the right one, using listsvc) called NVsvc NVIDIA display adapter, or something along thoses lines. I tell it to disable. I reboot, it goes back to enabled, says the only valid ones are startup_auto startup_boot startup_demand, etc. but nothing about being able to disable it.
So that's where I am. Every time I try to reinstall XP, it gets to the same spot, and then BSOD. The only option I can think of is reformatting and losing everything, but I'd like to save my stuff.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I can offer more in-dept info when I get off work.