hi

i have a compac armada 1700 6233/t/4000/d/m/1. w/windows 98.

I tryed to put xp home in it and all the fun started. First it started to say hal.dll corupted, so i tryed a few things and nothing. So, second i put the HD in another laptop and used dos to format the c: drive.

now it says error reading operating system.

Tryed using 98 boot disk but then it goes back to Hal.dll corupted.

I don't have windows 98 so I tryed to load windows XP Home

Am I F'meowed or can this be repaired. I think it's just software and not any of the hardware is fryed.

yeroled