Recent content by I3rianL

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    Cant start Windows

    I just installed windows xp pro onto a blank hard drive. When I rebooted it says: Windows cound not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. How do I re-install a copy of the file? I cant even...
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    Reinstalling Windows XP

    I recently erased my hard drive and reinstalled windows xp. The installation goes fine until my computer reboots. It give me the error: STOP: c0000221 {Bad Image Checksum} The image olecli32.ddl is possibly corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum. What does...
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    What does "Verifying DMI Pool Data" mean?

    thank you RichUK the website had the answer i needed
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    What does "Verifying DMI Pool Data" mean?

    my mobo is a ECS KT600-A and i cant get past a screen that says "verifying dmi pool data" no matter what i change in the bios. please help
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    Partitions

    I've separated my 80gb drive into two 40gb partitions, E: and F:, the F: drive is the partition that im going to copy my C: drive to. However the F: drive is set to logical and the E: drive is set to primary. How can i change the F: drive to primary and the E: drive to logical? Will this have...
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    Partitions

    I have two hard drives, one 30gb and one 80gb. the 30gb one is set as my C: drive and has my windows operating system installed on it. the 80gb one only has some extra files and a lot of free space. what i want to do is to copy what i have on my 30gb drive to my 80gb drive, and set the 80gb...
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    reinstalling internet explorer 6.0

    How can i reinstall internet explorer 6.0 without completely reinstalling windows xp sp2?
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    windows wont shut down

    for some reason when i shut down my computer now it goes all the way to where it says "windows is shutting down" and then it freezes, i have to turn off the computer manually now. it didnt do that before usually it just automatically turns off. is this a problem with windows or hardware? and...
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    no internet connection

    but when i go to the device manager it doesn't even show any network adapters though.
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    no internet connection

    i recently set up windows xp and installed all my drivers and whatnot on my new computer. but when i try to get on the internet it doesnt work. when i try to use the network setup wizard in the control panel it says i have to install and configure my drivers. but my LAN port is integrated in...
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    when i install windows it says i'm missing a file

    i currently dont have any operating system on my hard drive. when i try to install windows xp it says i'm missing a file and that setup cannot continue. how can i put the file onto the disk? or can i still install windows without the missing file?
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    reformatting hard drives

    i have windows xp pro installed on both hard drives in my computer. but lately my computer has been messed up and i want to reformat both of the drives so they are completely clean. the only problem is that windows wont let me reformat my drives because it says they contain necessary...
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    Does anyone know what "verifying DMI pool data" means?

    I have a ECS Elitegroup KT600-A motherboard. When I start up my computer everything performs normally until it comes to a screen that says "Verifying DMI Pool Data ............." and then it just freezes there without loading my operating system. My computer was working just fine in the...