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  1. Pallius
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I am most relieved to say that I was able to restore the complete image once the external drive was moved to the inside of the box. The image was...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 16, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Bodgy, this is an upgrade CD, and yes, I was prompted for the password after trying the R option. If I let the repair XP process take its course,...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 16, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I just got around to trying the Windows repair install with an XP Home disk. It replaced a bunch of files then rebooted. The system was set...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 15, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    All I could find is an XP Home Upgrade CD to use for the repair attempt. I'll try this evening to see if it is capable of doing a "repair install".
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 15, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I have the six files in the root of C:, and I tried the fixboot to no avail. I can see that all of the data is where it used to be, so, with...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 14, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
  6. Pallius
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Do you think that the XP repair, if it works, will remove SP2 and all of the XP patches that have been applied to date?
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 14, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Hi Colin, I moved all of the files and folders from Drive(C) back to the root of C:, very much resembling what it used to look like. The boot.ini...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 14, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    All of the files that used to be at the root are now in C:\Drive(C). The root of C: has empty config.sys, empty autoexec.bat, a boot.ini file...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 14, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Well, the idea from Acronis didn't work since their Add New Disk utility only works in 2-drive systems. So, I made a BartPE disk. I can see the...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 14, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Tom, that may be worth a try. Acronis, after receiving a disk report I sent them generated by a bootable floppy with a diagnostic they supplied,...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 13, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I am going back to square 1 and will try to restore the entire image of C again, with rosary beads ready. If it fails, I will again try folder by...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 13, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I made the changes you suggested to no avail, same HAL.DLL message. Would a repair install delete data files?
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 13, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    That leaves me with 2 questions, Colin. 1) My original c drive had no such directory, so why does it now? and 2) Why is rdisk to be set at (1)? I...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 13, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    From the Xp Recovery console, if I take a DIR, I see a some files, including boot.ini, and a directory called Drive(C). THe Drive(C) directory...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 13, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Tom, I do have a floppy drive but I never heard of editBini. I would need a bootable floppy disk, I assume. My boot.ini file looks like yours, but...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 12, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I did delete the old boot.ini. Accdording the 8 Command article, the system creates a new one for itself in the step after DEL boot.ini. I am not...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 12, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Here's an update: I followed the link to Repairing Windows XP in Eight commands. I followed those instructions exactly. When I tried to boot from...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 12, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    How does one find their Product ID? Is it on the Windows holographic sticker?
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 11, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I am able to borrow a Win XP Pro install CD and try to run the repair tonight. My system is an XP Home system though. I don't know if the XP Pro...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 11, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    I have an eMachines Intel-based PC and the CDs that came with it contain a Ghost image of the original configuration. There are no Windows CDs. If...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 9, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Thank you folks for replying. My computer was supplied with a restore CD only, not a Win XP install disc, so I believe I am still stuck. Does...
    Post by: Pallius, Dec 9, 2006 in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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    First time user, lost with the HAL.DLL problem

    Can anyone help? I have a Win xp system with about 84 GB worth of system files and data on my internal 120GB IDE drive. I backed up the entire C...
    Thread by: Pallius, Dec 9, 2006, 62 replies, in forum: Acronis True Image Product Line
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