Three previously bootable partitions are no longer bootable.

After booting partition C and looking into the partition console window, I
see that 1 previously bootable partition is no longer visible. The other 2
are visible.

When I try to boot the 3 previously bootable partitions, the following occurs:

With regard to 2 of them, the boot process reaches the blue Wxp screen but
the words "windows is starting up" never appears.

With regard to the other, when I try to boot it the message below appears:

Windows could not start because the following is missing or currupt:
<windows root> system 32\hal.dll. Please reinstall a copy of the above file.

You suggestions please.

Error message in Windows XP SP2: “Windows could not start because the
following file is missing or corrupt. Windows\System32\Hal.dll”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945380/

b11_ wrote:

> Three previously bootable partitions are no longer bootable.
>
> After booting partition C and looking into the partition console window, I
> see that 1 previously bootable partition is no longer visible. The other 2
> are visible.
>
> When I try to boot the 3 previously bootable partitions, the following occurs:
>
> With regard to 2 of them, the boot process reaches the blue Wxp screen but
> the words "windows is starting up" never appears.
>
> With regard to the other, when I try to boot it the message below appears:
>
> Windows could not start because the following is missing or currupt:
> <windows root> system 32\hal.dll. Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
>
> You suggestions please.