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Hi, I have to rush this message as I may get shut down.

When I’m using the computer, I get the Blue Screen of Death or whatever it’s called and it stays like that - So I reset the computer and things such as

DISK READ ERROR
PRESS ALT + CTRL + DEL TO RESTART

and it keeps appearing

Another is

Reboot and select proper boot device
or Insert Boot media in Selected Boot device and press a key

Other times the Computer just keeps reloading and reloading forever and never get’s to the log in screen

Does anyne know why this is happening, I deleted my virus and Restored the Hal.Dll File and then it was fine and now it’s going bad. Also my memory usage has gone up around 10Billion Bytes and won’t come back down but isn’t increasing anymore

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Seems like your hard drive is possibly failing or even your motherboard is developing a fault.

Hard to pin point at this stage but the most obvious one would be the hard drive failing.

As a precaution i suggest you back up any important files as soon as possbile.

I believe its your hard drive failing since you are getting these messages upon boot.

“Reboot and select proper boot device”
“Insert Boot media in Selected Boot device and press a key”

These messages indicate your system BIOS cannot detect your hard drive.

How old is the hard drive?

3

I got the computer at the beginning of the year, about 5 months ago. It was customly built by the person on that day

And how do I Get these important files?

4

By important files i mean files that “you” want.

So if you have any valuable photos, or word documents that you would like to keep, burn them to a CD.

May be a good idea to contact the person who built your pc so they can investigate the hard drive.

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Er…I think this issue comes from this thread…

Probably, as igor warned, the hal.dll was not a proper one…

If you are running XPSP2, this link may help.

Problem 3 To resolve this problem, start the computer from the Windows XP installation media, start the Recovery Console, and then use the Bootcfg.exe tool to rebuild the Boot.ini file. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Configure the computer to start from the CD drive or the DVD drive. For information about how to do this, refer to your computer documentation, or contact your computer manufacturer. 2. Insert the Windows installation media into the CD drive or the DVD drive, and then restart your computer. 3. When you receive the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD or DVD. 4. When you receive the "Welcome to Setup" message, press the R key to start the Recovery Console. 5. If you have a dual-boot or a multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you have to use from the Recovery Console. 6. When you are prompted, type the administrator password, and then press ENTER. 7. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /list, and then press ENTER.

Note The entries in your current Boot.ini file will appear on the screen.
8. At the command prompt, type bootcfg /rebuild, and then press ENTER.

Note This command scans the hard disks of the computer for Windows XP installations, and then displays the results.
9. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to add the Windows installations to the Boot.ini file.

For example, follow these steps to add a Windows XP installation to the Boot.ini file:
a. When you receive a message that resembles the following message, press the Y key:

Total Identified Windows Installs: 1 [1] C:\Windows
Add installation to boot list? (Yes/No/All)
b. You receive a message that resembles the following message:
Enter Load Identifier
When you receive this message, type the name of your operating system, and then press ENTER.

Note The name is either Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.
c. You receive a message that resembles the following:
Enter OS Load options
When you receive this message, type /fastdetect, and then press ENTER.
Note The instructions that appear on your screen may be different, depending on the configuration of your computer.
10. Type exit, and then press ENTER to exit Recovery Console.
11. Type fixboot, and then press ENTER.
12. Type y, and then press ENTER.
13. Your computer restarts, and the updated boot list appears, when you receive the “Please select the operating system to start” message.

If you find these process complicated, why not just back up what you need and use a recovery disk, if you have one?

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I don’t have any important files then and

:o…!? What do those steps mean. Wheres this installation media?

Oh, And how do I find what my computer is. Is has FLATRON L192ws at the top

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It seems that Tech read your comments more carefully. You don’t have OEM recovery disk but Windows installation disk.

Please ignore this thread and follow the instruction of the other thread. I think things will be less confusing in that way.