I have a legal, store purchased, full installation Windows XP Pro Operating System disk. I have used it several times to install and reinstall Windows XP Pro onto my computer. I have 2 hard drives, both are Maxtor, one is 100GB and one is an older 40GB. I have a CD/DVD drive and just a regular CD drive.
I recently encountered a problem with my computer when I booting up, where I received an error message something to the effect "system32\hal.dll" was corrupt of missing. After countless attempts to repair it using my system OS disk, I decided I would just reformat. However, once I press the F8 on the licensce agreement, I receive the error that "Setup could not read the CD you inserted or it is an invalid Windows CD." I have tried both the CD/DVD drive and the CD drive and I have switched hard drives, making certain to switch the jumpers to indicate master and slave drive. Still I receive this error. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Is there anything further I can try to remedy this problem?
Thank you in advance.
I recently encountered a problem with my computer when I booting up, where I received an error message something to the effect "system32\hal.dll" was corrupt of missing. After countless attempts to repair it using my system OS disk, I decided I would just reformat. However, once I press the F8 on the licensce agreement, I receive the error that "Setup could not read the CD you inserted or it is an invalid Windows CD." I have tried both the CD/DVD drive and the CD drive and I have switched hard drives, making certain to switch the jumpers to indicate master and slave drive. Still I receive this error. I am at a loss as to what to do next. Is there anything further I can try to remedy this problem?
Thank you in advance.
