I want to reformat my old PC because I've been having some minor problems with it, and I'm hoping to see if I can fix it to sell it on. So anyway, I followed this Tutorial: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic53502.html (How to reformat your hard drive and install/reinstall Windows by korrupt) and everything was fine, I deleted the "C: Partition 1" but then when I tried to install Windows on the "Unpartitioned Space" it said that there was not enough space on Partition 1 to install Windows and to choose a partition with enough space (cannot remember how much it was exactly)
So now obviously, every time the computer attempts to load Windows the following message appears:
Anyone have any idea how I can fix this and reinstall Windows somehow? Can I install it on another Partition?
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but the PC (a Dell) didn't come with an actual Windows XP disk, I had to burn it onto a blank disk from the computer itself.
I have no clue when it comes to things like this so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!
So now obviously, every time the computer attempts to load Windows the following message appears:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
Anyone have any idea how I can fix this and reinstall Windows somehow? Can I install it on another Partition?
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it but the PC (a Dell) didn't come with an actual Windows XP disk, I had to burn it onto a blank disk from the computer itself.
I have no clue when it comes to things like this so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!