anyacat

Hello.
I just got a new Mac Book and I want to give my Dell Inspiron laptop to my mother-in-law.
Well, I was stupid enough to let some spyware and viruses in it, and nothing seems to treat them Then I tried to completely reinstall the OS (XP over 2000 pro), and when I try to boot the disk this is what i get:

The procedure entry point NtUnloadKeyEx could not be located in the dynamic library ntdll.dll.

I have no idea what that means and how to fix it....I would appreciate any help.

Thank you

imsati

Walk us through how you're trying to re-install. Are you formatting the HDD first or trying to put XP over 2k without cleaning the Drive? What kind of XP Install CD do you have?

__________________
--Jay
Gigabyte EP31-DS3L | E4500 | Masscool HSF paired with AS-5
80 GB SATA2 x 2 | e-GeForce 7100 GS | CM Elite 330 (gorgeous!)
Triple Boot: Ubuntu 7.10/XP Home/Kubuntu 7.10
Also, I can kill you with my brain.

The Great Forum Challenge
http://www.computerforum.com/114761-...tml#post922619
(And you follow his advice why, exactly...?) (Funny Thread though!)

anyacat

I am simply putting the disk (reinstallation CD Microsoft windows home edition" and trying to boot computer from it. Or I tried to just open it and start installation. That's when the message pops up. I have used this CD on other laptops with no problem.
I also tried to use Vista and it wouldn't install saying it requires 512 memory, when this dell is only 254....

please help me to reinstall the os...or maybe there's a good spyware removing program that will help? I never really had to deal with viruses before, so this is very frustrating.

thanks

aSc1@3

Vista does require 512 mb of ram though. To reinstall the os, you need to first format the drive. when thats done, then pop in the install disk.

__________________
MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz
Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram
DVD Burner--200gb HDD
ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU
Onboard Graphics--XP Pro SP2

Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky!

voyagerfan99

Or just pop in the disk, boot to it, and follow the install steps. Just be sure to do a disk format.

__________________
Drum Major - Windham High School Marching Band
Mach Speed MSNV-939 nForce Socket 939
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (OC'd to 2.20 Ghz)
Power Up Black ATX Mid-T Case w/450w & Clear Side
3 GB DDR RAM
450 GB Storage (80-ATA, 120-ATA, 250-SATA)
Visiontek Radeon x1650 Pro 512MB
22" Viewsonic LCD w/ iPod Dock + 17" Dell CRT
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Computer Pics

anyacat

that's the problem, it wouldn't open the disk, it shows me the message I have pasted in the first post.

is there any way to format the drive without the disk? how do i do that?

512mb

When you first put the windows disk in the drive do you ever get a "Select drive to partion window"? Usually when I go to reinstall windows it gives me the option to partion / format a drive and than install windows upon completion.

__________________
-*-Acrylic Case
-*-GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA
-*-Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
-*-32" Widescreen LCD Display
-*-G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
-*-WD 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
-*-XFX GeForce 7900GS ( XT Edition )
-*-PLEXTOR Black 16X
-*-XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX

jw214

when you boot you didnt get a message that says "press any key to boot from cd..." ? that should popup and you press a key and windows setup should begin off the disk. then when you get to a screen asking you to choose the type of install you want, press return. eventually you will come to a screen asking what partition you want to install it on. if there is only the one, choose it. it will ask how you want to format, i would do the full-not the quick.then, after that, you should be able to follow some easy prompts and endup rebooting into windows

__________________
MSI K9N Diamond
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XT
4GB(2x2) A-DATA DDR2 800
Seagate 500GB 32MBcache x2
Windows XP Pro SP2