Yesterday when I started my computer. It would not load and went to the safe
mode window.
I tried safe mode and all the other option on that page and nothing works.
The only way to turn off the computer is to shut it down.

I tried to do a restore and the restore shut down.
Now all I get is the following message:

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

Where can i download the following file
I am using a different computer now.

Thanks Loren

Perform a repair install with your XP cd.

"lschley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E80ABFA4-25AF-40B0-AFE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yesterday when I started my computer. It would not load and went to the
> safe
> mode window.
> I tried safe mode and all the other option on that page and nothing works.
> The only way to turn off the computer is to shut it down.
>
> I tried to do a restore and the restore shut down.
> Now all I get is the following message:
>
> Windows could not start because of the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
> <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
> Please re-install a copy of above.
>
> Where can i download the following file
> I am using a different computer now.
>
> Thanks Loren
>
>

When we bought the computer it came with XP install on it--we didn't receive
a cd with it

Loren

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Perform a repair install with your XP cd.
>
> "lschley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:E80ABFA4-25AF-40B0-AFE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Yesterday when I started my computer. It would not load and went to the
> > safe
> > mode window.
> > I tried safe mode and all the other option on that page and nothing works.
> > The only way to turn off the computer is to shut it down.
> >
> > I tried to do a restore and the restore shut down.
> > Now all I get is the following message:
> >
> > Windows could not start because of the following file is missing or
> > corrupt:
> > <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
> > Please re-install a copy of above.
> >
> > Where can i download the following file
> > I am using a different computer now.
> >
> > Thanks Loren
> >
> >
>

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

if the computer is
not accessible, then
the only method is
to obtain a cd with
windows on it to begin
the process of repairing
the system

1) with the use of the
recovery console you
can run the method number
2 in the above link.

further, you can use "any"
windows cd that you can
borrow from someone and
use the recovery console to
log into your disk.

2) if you cannot acquire a
windows disk, then perhaps
you can remove your harddrive
and install it on another pc
as a slave drive so it can be
operated on with some disk
commands.

3) if neither of the two above
are suitable then you can
go to the homesite for your
pc and look up issues and
resolutions, 4) maybe you can
order disk for your pc or
send in your harddrive or
something.

this link parallels the 1 and
2 above but are a bit more
detailed:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

"lschley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7C3A6D11-3570-43B3-B91B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When we bought the computer it came with XP install on it--we didn't receive
> a cd with it
>
> Loren
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> Perform a repair install with your XP cd.
>>
>> "lschley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:E80ABFA4-25AF-40B0-AFE9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Yesterday when I started my computer. It would not load and went to the
>> > safe
>> > mode window.
>> > I tried safe mode and all the other option on that page and nothing works.
>> > The only way to turn off the computer is to shut it down.
>> >
>> > I tried to do a restore and the restore shut down.
>> > Now all I get is the following message:
>> >
>> > Windows could not start because of the following file is missing or
>> > corrupt:
>> > <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.
>> > Please re-install a copy of above.
>> >
>> > Where can i download the following file
>> > I am using a different computer now.
>> >
>> > Thanks Loren
>> >
>> >
>>

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:11:20 -0500
db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
>
>if the computer is
>not accessible, then
>the only method is
>to obtain a cd with
>windows on it to begin
>the process of repairing
>the system
>
>1) with the use of the
>recovery console you
>can run the method number
>2 in the above link.
>
>further, you can use "any"
>windows cd that you can
>borrow from someone and
>use the recovery console to
>log into your disk.
>
>2) if you cannot acquire a
>windows disk, then perhaps
>you can remove your harddrive
>and install it on another pc
>as a slave drive so it can be
>operated on with some disk
>commands.
>
>3) if neither of the two above
>are suitable then you can
>go to the homesite for your
>pc and look up issues and
>resolutions, 4) maybe you can
>order disk for your pc or
>send in your harddrive or
>something.
>
>this link parallels the 1 and
>2 above but are a bit more
>detailed:
>
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
>

You post looks like a song ;-)

--
Holz
:-)

Hey, DB, can you change your margins to 60 chars at least?
Not yelling at you but my mouse is getting tired of scrolling down the
page. Or am I the only one that sees 5 words per line. ?


db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. . wrote:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477
>
> if the computer is
> not accessible, then
> the only method is
> to obtain a cd with
> windows on it to begin
> the process of repairing
> the system
>
> 1) with the use of the
> recovery console you
> can run the method number
> 2 in the above link.
>
> further, you can use "any"
> windows cd that you can
> borrow from someone and
> use the recovery console to
> log into your disk.
>
> 2) if you cannot acquire a
> windows disk, then perhaps
> you can remove your harddrive
> and install it on another pc
> as a slave drive so it can be
> operated on with some disk
> commands.
>
> 3) if neither of the two above
> are suitable then you can
> go to the homesite for your
> pc and look up issues and
> resolutions, 4) maybe you can
> order disk for your pc or
> send in your harddrive or
> something.
>
> this link parallels the 1 and
> 2 above but are a bit more
> detailed:
>
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
>

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:21 GMT, Big Al <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hey, DB, can you change your margins to 60 chars at least?
> Not yelling at you but my mouse is getting tired of scrolling down the
> page. Or am I the only one that sees 5 words per line. ?


No, you're far from the only one. Many others have asked the same
thing of him, but he ignores them and continues to do it his own way.

My mouse doesn't have to scroll down the page for his messages. He's
killfiled here.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

yeh, your killfiled
here too because of
your unprofessional
attitude and arrogance.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

"Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:21 GMT, Big Al <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Hey, DB, can you change your margins to 60 chars at least?
>> Not yelling at you but my mouse is getting tired of scrolling down the
>> page. Or am I the only one that sees 5 words per line. ?
>
>
> No, you're far from the only one. Many others have asked the same
> thing of him, but he ignores them and continues to do it his own way.
>
> My mouse doesn't have to scroll down the page for his messages. He's
> killfiled here.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

But you do understand that your posting are hard to read. Even
though you write in complete sentences, I sometime feel like I've
read an Optometrist Eye Chart trying to string the fragments from
one line to another. Is your composition window that wide or do
you have some other reason to use a ~24 character line break ?

" db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> yeh, your killfiled
> here too because of
> your unprofessional
> attitude and arrogance.
>
> --
>
> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:21 GMT, Big Al <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, DB, can you change your margins to 60 chars at least?
>>> Not yelling at you but my mouse is getting tired of scrolling down the
>>> page. Or am I the only one that sees 5 words per line. ?
>>
>>
>> No, you're far from the only one. Many others have asked the same
>> thing of him, but he ignores them and continues to do it his own way.
>>
>> My mouse doesn't have to scroll down the page for his messages. He's
>> killfiled here.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

i do so for the
reading impaired
and the software
they have to use.

by no means is the
inconvenience of
your nose picker and
the burden of a mouse
scroller be compared
to that kind of disability.

perhaps, this information
will be helpful to those
most valuable primates
that use their fingers for
smelly purposes




--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> But you do understand that your posting are hard to read. Even
> though you write in complete sentences, I sometime feel like I've
> read an Optometrist Eye Chart trying to string the fragments from
> one line to another. Is your composition window that wide or do
> you have some other reason to use a ~24 character line break ?
>
> " db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> yeh, your killfiled
>> here too because of
>> your unprofessional
>> attitude and arrogance.
>>
>> --
>>
>> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
>>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:21 GMT, Big Al <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey, DB, can you change your margins to 60 chars at least?
>>>> Not yelling at you but my mouse is getting tired of scrolling down the
>>>> page. Or am I the only one that sees 5 words per line. ?
>>>
>>>
>>> No, you're far from the only one. Many others have asked the same
>>> thing of him, but he ignores them and continues to do it his own way.
>>>
>>> My mouse doesn't have to scroll down the page for his messages. He's
>>> killfiled here.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
>
>