2004 GT RagTop
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No idea how this happened. Turned off my PC (Dell Dimension 3000) last night, there were no issues. Turned it on today, and I am seeing the following message:
Invalid Boot.ini
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
Windows\System32\Hal.dll
My computer wasn't working that well a few months ago, and I wanted to do a full system restart. Problem is Dell never gave me the restart/recovery cd for windows, so, I downloaded one from a torrent website. It wasn't an "official" windows of course, it was windows XP for the most part, with the theme of windows vista, and other tweaks. Anyways, it worked fine. Couple days ago, my computer again was having issues, so, I decided to put that cd in and start from scratch again. Like I said, there were no issues the first time I used that cd and windows for several months, and even last night, there were no issues, but now windows won't start.
My biggest issue is I have many important files saved on that computer. I also have a laptop, and I decided to do a recovery on the laptop the other day as well -- I actually had the cd for that one. I put many of my important files on the laptop to a flash drive, and then transferred them over to the PC, and then cleared out my flash drive. I was going to put the files on the PC back onto a flash drive and transfer them back to the laptop, but now I obviously can't get the PC to work!
Is there ANY way I can get the PC to load up windows in a way that I can just move my documents/files back onto my flash drive? I tried safe mode, but I keep getting that error message. I really need those documents/files, and so, I don't want to do a system recovery or whatever until I can get those files onto a flash drive. Is it possible?
Invalid Boot.ini
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
Windows\System32\Hal.dll
My computer wasn't working that well a few months ago, and I wanted to do a full system restart. Problem is Dell never gave me the restart/recovery cd for windows, so, I downloaded one from a torrent website. It wasn't an "official" windows of course, it was windows XP for the most part, with the theme of windows vista, and other tweaks. Anyways, it worked fine. Couple days ago, my computer again was having issues, so, I decided to put that cd in and start from scratch again. Like I said, there were no issues the first time I used that cd and windows for several months, and even last night, there were no issues, but now windows won't start.
My biggest issue is I have many important files saved on that computer. I also have a laptop, and I decided to do a recovery on the laptop the other day as well -- I actually had the cd for that one. I put many of my important files on the laptop to a flash drive, and then transferred them over to the PC, and then cleared out my flash drive. I was going to put the files on the PC back onto a flash drive and transfer them back to the laptop, but now I obviously can't get the PC to work!
Is there ANY way I can get the PC to load up windows in a way that I can just move my documents/files back onto my flash drive? I tried safe mode, but I keep getting that error message. I really need those documents/files, and so, I don't want to do a system recovery or whatever until I can get those files onto a flash drive. Is it possible?
