Re: restore windows XP after HAL update

Do an In-Place upgrade (repair install) of the operating system.

John

mjurak wrote:

Hi,

As the last (stupid) move in this year, I have updated the HAL on my PC (Athlon X2 system) from the already installed and working ACPI multiprocessor PC to MPS multiprocessor PC. The reason was using the /Timeres parameter of the MPS hal in order to resolve some programming issue.

Although the MPS hal was displayed in the device manager as a compatible device, the system does not starts at all. It cannot even be started in safe mode with command promt, from where the restore could be done. ( I carefully created a system restore point before the hal driver update)

Now, it is a very bad situation. Can anyone help me how can I restore the system?

Thanks



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