ok... so a few months back i opened up the case to see what KIND of RAM i had to see how much it costs to upgrade, and now everytime i try to boot it comes up with "load dll needed for kernel" and whenever i try to boot from cd it comes up with a different error each TIME. i also cannot open my top cd drive :S thanks so much for the help


  when you opened up the computer, you MAY have accidentally knocked a cable loose. Doublecheck all connections. Hi,

Use the ERD disk and repair the installation. Choose to replace all files, and then replace only the Hal.dll and Ntoskrnl.exe files.

If you can start another installation of Windows NT on the same computer, you can expand the correct Hal.dll and Ntoskrnl.exe files from the Windows NT CD-ROM. To do so, follow these steps:

1). Boot to the working version of Windows NT.
2). Start a command prompt.
3). Change to the CD-ROM drive.
4). Change to the appropriate folder on the CD-ROM (for EXAMPLE, I386 for Intel-based computers).
5). Type expand hal.dl_ \system32 where is the path of the non-functioning Windows NT folder.
6). Type expand ntoskrnl.ex_ \system32.
7). Restart the computer into the other Windows NT installation.
i do not have an ERD disk  so how can i make one ?
thanks for the help