posted April 17, 2004 18:58                         

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Originally posted by Jace Raven:
I was running a dual boot with SuSE and XP on seperate HDs and when i tried to switch from SuSE to XP i got a:

Windowsroot/system32/hal.dll not found

Please re-install a copy of that file and reboot.

The only problem is i cannot log on to reinstall.

I've tried to mount my other HD from linux but it tells me that the drive is unmountable for the same reason.

I've tried to run a system restore and even booting from a disk but they both seem to be running into the same error.

Is there a way that I am overlooking to get my computer back.

BTW: I got internet on my linux. My hardware wasn't compatible.

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Have you tried booting it into Knoppix or even XP from CD? I know you said "disk", but I don't know which disk you meant (some of us still use floppies, after all).

The ideal situation would be to boot it from the XP CD -- that way it can automatically repair the missing .dll's (I'm sure there's more than one -- Windoze has a bad habit of only telling you the first one it needs, not all of them).

If that won't work, you can try booting to Knoppix or Linux from CD, and manually replace the file. Then boot to XP, find out what else is missing, then repeat step 1. Tiring, but it should work.

I feel for you, Jace -- I went through the same sort of situation. It is possible to get things working again, but it's a pain in the @$$. I wish you luck combating the Beast of Redmond.

posted April 18, 2004 03:26                         

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Originally posted by Jace Raven:
On a side note: how do you do an install in linux. I tried and the "great" YaST2 has a GUI for such a thing but it doesn't seem to do anything. I tried again from YaST and it was showing i had invalid file names.

i was using:
rpm -i gaim-0.76-0.rpm

but with no prevail.

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installpkg gaim-0.76-i486-1st.tgz

sorry, had to do that. I was thinking of getting WinXP to replace my aging Win98 SE machine but have been told that it hates to dual boot, so let me know how you get on with Win2K please

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posted April 19, 2004 08:35                         

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Originally posted by Alephcat:
Jace, I use "rpm -U --force gaim-0.76-0.rpm" on my mandrake system and it works fine for me.
Stibbons, I have been running Mandrake (from 9.0 up to 10.0 community) alongside 2K for ages and I have had no problems at all dual booting.

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Then Win2K I shall pur-chase! Thank you!

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posted April 19, 2004 08:56                         

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Originally posted by spungo:
It's about £200 in the shops.

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WAAAH, It's true! Even XP Pro is cheaper!

Maybe I'll just stick with Slackware and 98

Actually, just found this at £83, so that's not *too* bad. Maybe OEM is the way to go...

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posted April 19, 2004 09:13                         

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Originally posted by spungo:
I wouldn't buy it, if I were you - I'd copy it off someone who already has it (Win2k has none of that 'product activation' crap in it to worry about).

It's about £200 in the shops.

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posted April 19, 2004 09:34                         

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Originally posted by spungo:
Nahhh... proprietary software is like sex - one should never pay for it, nor sell it... and it's usually very messy, disappointing, and you have to run around afterwards hitting the little worms on their heads with a hammer...

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posted April 19, 2004 10:01                      

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Originally posted by -ct-:
dissapointing? worms? hammers?

i think you're doing it all wrong, there should be none of those involved

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Well, my last RedHat install was just like that, so there.

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posted April 19, 2004 10:23                         

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Originally posted by dragonman97:
9 times out of 10, the OEM CDs are quite illegal to use - they're from someone who already paid for the computer, and is still effectively using the license. e.g. I've seen OEM CDs at computer shows which are Dell CDs saying "This is not for distribution without a new Dell computer." I have hundreds of these things in my closet at work - I'm not using them, and they're factory sealed, but it would be quite illegal for me to sell them, and also illegal for others to buy them -- particularly since I have Windows installed on the computers the discs go with.

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posted May 04, 2004 14:58                      

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expand e:\i386\hal.dl_c:\windows\system32\hal.dll

I did this a couple of times and it told me that the XP CD was not found in the drive.

From here I used my sis's laptop to write the directory i386\hal.dl to a floppy and run the same command substituting e for a.

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posted May 04, 2004 15:53                      

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Originally posted by spungo:
Nahhh... proprietary software is like sex - one should never pay for it, nor sell it... and it's usually very messy, disappointing, and you have to run around afterwards hitting the little worms on their heads with a hammer...

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posted May 04, 2004 20:00                         

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and you have to run around afterwards hitting the little worms on their heads with a hammer...

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