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    You can delete non-working versions. Just be careful not to delete icon of working version.
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    Default Now what have I done!?!!?

    I deleted the old spybot programs and I also got rid of a few games we no longer played and got rid of McAfee. I also downloaded AVAST anti-virus program.

    Avast put two trojan files it found into it's chest. One was a zuma deluxe file and one was a system volume information\_restore... file.

    While looking at spybot webpage, I noticed my icons were disappearing on my desktop. I don't know exactly what happened, but my computer will not boot now, not even in safe mode. I get the following message:

    Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
    <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
    Please reinstall a copy of the above file.

    I do know that spybot was popping up windows telling me that certain
    things were changed. There was no option to reject the changes on those items. I did tell it to remember the changes.

    I can copy the hal.dll file from another machine, but I don't know how to get it on my $%^&* computer! And even if I do that am I going to be able to get it back to a usable state? That re-install disc is looking pretty attractive right now!

    Thanks.

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    That re-install disc is looking pretty attractive right now!
    You seem to have so much issues there (that sp3 problem included) that probably best option is to reinstall.
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    I hate reinstalling after all the time we've spent trying to fix it but I guess we have reached that point. I really appreciate all of the work you've done trying to help me. I've certainly learned alot. I thought we were at the end of the process, too!

    Can you help me with the reinstall disc? I've never had to do this before and I don't know how to use the disc if I can't get it to boot in safe mode. I can try one of the options given such as "last good working configuration", etc. if you can tell me which one to choose.

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    Hi,

    For repair install you'll find instructions >here<

    If you want to do complete reformat then I suggest tutorial >here<

    If you need more help with those steps I recommend to open a topic on some forum that deals also with other than just malware related issues. Examples of this kind of forums are TechGuy and PC Pitstop.
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    Due to inactivity, this thread will now be closed.

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