[nieto123]

I was recently purchased a computer at a garage sale, it is a compaq computer with windows xp, when i turned it on, it wouldn't turn on like a regular computer, instead it told me that it couldn't turn on because it had a missing or corrupt file it was file Winnt_root\System32\Hal.dll so i googled it, and it told me to enter the system recovery thing and Start the computer by using the Recovery Console, and then run theCHKDSK /rcommand.

Note You do not have to include the /p switch in the Chkdsk command-line because the /r switch causes the Chkdsk utility to locate bad sectors and recover readable information. This command implies the /p switch..

so i did this, and then i exit it all out after it did some stuff, (i'm not computer savvy, but i do follow instructions well) then it told me if i wanted to run a diagnostic test on it, and i did the basic one because it told me that it reccommended i do this before i try to recover computer. Now, it has a page that says PC-Doctor 5 for Windows PE and it says that it is the test result information page, and it displays a system memory in blue and it says that for the PATTERN TEST ME516-1W and the Advanced Pattern Test ME516-5W, the results are that it has failed. I don't have that disc that usually comes when you buy a computer, but i do have a fully functional lap top which i'm using to try and doctor the recently purchased computer, i don't have money is there anyway to fix this for free? i would really appreciate any help, and sorry for the lengthy message, i am trying to be as thoroguh as i can thanks!!!!

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