computer crashed too many times,tryed to reinstall windows xp cd.while installing it said it could not install wmvdmod.dll . so it said to skip if i wanted too i did and it wont finish installing.something about installing windows rootsystem32 hal.dll.how do i do that?
2007-02-04 07:39:05 · 3 answers · asked by bassetluv 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
why would i need another cd it worked fine in my other computer.and befor any one says anything my cd is the real thing not a copy.
2007-02-04 07:45:03 · update #1
it wont let me get a chance when i push f8 it says.im missing windows 32 it is missing or corrupted
2007-02-04 07:53:50 · update #2
When reading your question, I noticed in the "additional details" that you said the CD worked fine in your "other computer". You can only install and use one copy of each CD/license/product-key for 1 computer. It shouldn't hinder the install of the product but when you go to register it may present a problem, even if the CD is legit.
You should be able to pull up the format hard-drive/partition whenever the Windows installation CD is searching for previous versions of Windows. It may say that there are 1, 2, or even 3 partitions, and as the last person said, you need to delete ALL partitions and do a "clean sweep" of your hard-drive to make sure everything installs correctly and without any "side effects".
Once all partitions are deleted it should bring you to a screen that will ask to format the entire hard-drive...do so in order to not have any of those "side effects" show up later.
Hope this helps!
2007-02-04 07:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by illusion129 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not the CD. just reformat your harddrive. using a CLEAN swipe, not the windows disk (so that absolutely everything is deleted). upon startup you press one of the F buttons, I think F8 and you delete your old partition then reinstall windows.
2007-02-04 07:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a new cd
2007-02-04 07:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋