Soldato
Bit miffed on this one.
I have got hold of a Packard Bell P4... I want to fix it up, its got a new HD, New DVD & CDRW, New RAM, and Floppy Drive, so sorting out is a must now.
I tried installing XP Home onto it, and it goes through the process of the F&R, and copying the files to HD, then, when it reboots for the first time, it keep coming up with various errors, such as
LOAD NEEDED DLLs FOR KERNEL
or
HAL.DLL Missing
Now, at first, I thought it could be somethign sily like the CD or Drive, and I have tried various drives and various disks, so its not that.
Same with the RAM, its new, it checks out fine, and I have also tried various other sticks of RAM too!!!
I have then googled for some answers, but all I have found, is lots of people asking the very same question, but no real solid answers.
It seems like I need to get hold of the exact specific installation CD for this particular PC, and a normal OEM or RETAIL CD, simply wont work!
I am about to have a go at installing a new BIOS, based on the Motherboard, which is a Gigabyte GA-8SIML and see where that takes me.
Anyone care to offer any info?
Oh, the Packard Bell PC is registered as an NEC PC.
Such a shame if I cannot use it.
I have got hold of a Packard Bell P4... I want to fix it up, its got a new HD, New DVD & CDRW, New RAM, and Floppy Drive, so sorting out is a must now.
I tried installing XP Home onto it, and it goes through the process of the F&R, and copying the files to HD, then, when it reboots for the first time, it keep coming up with various errors, such as
LOAD NEEDED DLLs FOR KERNEL
or
HAL.DLL Missing
Now, at first, I thought it could be somethign sily like the CD or Drive, and I have tried various drives and various disks, so its not that.
Same with the RAM, its new, it checks out fine, and I have also tried various other sticks of RAM too!!!
I have then googled for some answers, but all I have found, is lots of people asking the very same question, but no real solid answers.
It seems like I need to get hold of the exact specific installation CD for this particular PC, and a normal OEM or RETAIL CD, simply wont work!
I am about to have a go at installing a new BIOS, based on the Motherboard, which is a Gigabyte GA-8SIML and see where that takes me.
Anyone care to offer any info?
Oh, the Packard Bell PC is registered as an NEC PC.
Such a shame if I cannot use it.