Re: Computer will not boot from hdd or cd

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"David" <aaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:OVCzl8zSHHA.4260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

In my first post, I said that I made a winxp boot floppy but got
the "HAL.dll" missing error and wanted to know how to resolve
that. I do not know why the computer will not boot from the cd.
I made the 6 disk floppy setup utility set and used them to try
and repair the OS with a winxp cd. The cd ran and started the
repair but stopped with a sp2.cab error. The winxp disk has sp2
on it and maybe I downloaded the wrong setup version. I am
reluctant to do a new install until my friend finds his restore
disks with drivers and OS info. He does not know what is on the
computer or what he did to it.


I don't know if this applies, but once I had a CD drive that wouldn't
boot. I took it out and found that there was a jumper on the back that
selected "Master", "Slave", or "Chain" mode. Both of my CD/DVD drives
were set to the "Chain" mode. I changed the jumpers to place one drive
as "Master" and the other as "Slave". After I did that, I was able to
boot from both of my drives.

Good Luck & HTH,
John
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