Unable to boot up computer

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i purchased a dell inspiron 1300 this year in march and a few weeks ago booted it up and it restarted each time getting an error. i then tried starting up in last known good configuration and that didn't work either. this happed again with safe mode and safe mode with command prompt but instead of restarting it displayed a series of .sys files in their file paths all the way to the bottom of the page.     when i booted it up in the advanced mode which disables restart on system error. it gave me the following.   A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to you computer.   UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME   If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow theses steps:   Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturere for any windows updates you might need.   If problems contine, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced startup options, and then select Safe mode.   Technical information:   *** Stop: 0x00000000ED (0x823805B0, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)     I was informed by a friend that this was an 0x error. After experimenting in different boot modes for a little longer i came across this error as well.      Windows could not start becuase the following file is missing or corrupt: \system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file.     Can anyone help me fix this as i have never had this error before. My laptop is for personal use only so i have nothing important and it doesn't matter to me if i have to reformat or not as long as i can get it up and running soon. thx

RoHe · Answer

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm

wheelincowboy · Answer

I've had this happen on several systems. All I did was boot the XP CD into recovery mode and had the boot record rebuilt. Worked everytime.

kucho · Answer

i cant seem to boot the win XP cd is there a certain way it has to boot? when i turn on my laptop i press F12 and then select CD?DVD/CD-RW Drive. from there it asks me which operating system to start with Pro or home edition and when i select either or advanced in F8 it restarts or freezes with the error is that the correct way to boot up win XP cd if not can someone tell me?

wheelincowboy · Answer

You could check your bios to ensure your CDROM is selected to be a bootable device. If you have the option to select this device to be the first boot device, then do so. If your able to press F12 and you can select the cdrom drive, then it should boot off of the XP cd.

kucho · Answer

I check my bios and set it to boot off the cd drive first. however the same thing happened it went right to the os choices menu as if the cd didn't exist although i did here sounds coming from the cd drive on my laptop. im now beginning to think i have a cd that wont boot at start up is this possible becuase it worked on this dell desktop im using when i put the cd in.

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