My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know what I
can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a slow dial up
and Windows updates, takes forever)
The error message no matter what I try is.

<windows root>\system32\hal.dll

Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.

Thanks


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I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
"A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."

Craig A. wrote:
> My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know what I
> can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a slow dial up
> and Windows updates, takes forever)
> The error message no matter what I try is.
>
> <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
>
> Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.
>
> Thanks
>
>
At least you still have your sense of humor. "danger danger will..."

Read through the following:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945380/


"Craig A." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:98A2FE68-43D3-4596-9C14-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know
> what I
> can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a slow dial
> up
> and Windows updates, takes forever)
> The error message no matter what I try is.
>
> <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
>
> Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
> "A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."

Craig A. wrote:

> My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know
> what I can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a
> slow dial up and Windows updates, takes forever)
> The error message no matter what I try is.
>
> <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
>
> Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.

From the late MVP Alex Nichol:
****
WINDOWS COULD NOT FIND START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR
CORRUPT
WINDOWS ROOT>\SYSTEM32\hal.dll

That message is rather misleading. It happens because the boot.ini file
that tells the boot where to look for 'Windows' is damaged, so it is
looking for files in the wrong place - hal.dll just happens to be the first
one it looks for. Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD
and, instead of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any
password requested is blank, and TAB over.

Use
Attrib -H -R -S C:\boot.ini
DEL C:\boot.ini
to delete the bad one
BootCfg /Rebuild

to search for Windows installations and make a new one.
****

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Will give it try, thanks
--
I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
"A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."


"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Read through the following:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945380/
>
>
> "Craig A." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:98A2FE68-43D3-4596-9C14-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> > MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know
> > what I
> > can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a slow dial
> > up
> > and Windows updates, takes forever)
> > The error message no matter what I try is.
> >
> > <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
> >
> > Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > --
> > I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
> > "A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."
>
>
>

I do NOT have a Windows XP Cd, I have a HP Computer with Windows on a
seperate petition.

That is another part of my delima, that I may have left out.

If life would oONLY be just so easy..... Ta shame, Ta shame.

Thanks anyways.... Malke


--
I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
"A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."


"Malke" wrote:

> Craig A. wrote:
>
> > My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> > MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know
> > what I can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a
> > slow dial up and Windows updates, takes forever)
> > The error message no matter what I try is.
> >
> > <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
> >
> > Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.
>
> From the late MVP Alex Nichol:
> ****
> WINDOWS COULD NOT FIND START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR
> CORRUPT
> WINDOWS ROOT>\SYSTEM32\hal.dll
>
> That message is rather misleading. It happens because the boot.ini file
> that tells the boot where to look for 'Windows' is damaged, so it is
> looking for files in the wrong place - hal.dll just happens to be the first
> one it looks for. Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD
> and, instead of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any
> password requested is blank, and TAB over.
>
> Use
> Attrib -H -R -S C:\boot.ini
> DEL C:\boot.ini
> to delete the bad one
> BootCfg /Rebuild
>
> to search for Windows installations and make a new one.
> ****
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

It may seem that to you, because you do not have a VISUAL...

I am really a shaking nutcase this reay to play Russian Rouelette with a
Single shot pistol...... Daughter says, she feels my pain, she is in Living
Room watching TV, I am in her room trying to figure out..."Ok! now what"
I have been messing with computers for 30 years and I have never had one I
couldn't at least get to SAFE MODE or a in the old days, a DOS directory.



--
I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
"A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."


"Big Al" wrote:

> Craig A. wrote:
> > My daughter's computer will NOT boot up and I can NOT even go into SAFE
> > MODE. I am able to change the bios to boot from a CD but need to know what I
> > can do to solve the problem without re formating etc. (I am on a slow dial up
> > and Windows updates, takes forever)
> > The error message no matter what I try is.
> >
> > <windows root>\system32\hal.dll
> >
> > Any ideas or sugggestions will be apprecieated, been googling all morning.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> At least you still have your sense of humor. "danger danger will..."
>

Big Al added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

> At least you still have your sense of humor. "danger danger
> will..."
>
and not "kill the girl!"

--
HP, aka Jerry

"And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump

=?Utf-8?B?Q3JhaWcgQS4=?= added these comments in the current
discussion du jour ...

> I do NOT have a Windows XP Cd, I have a HP Computer with Windows
> on a
> seperate petition.
>
> That is another part of my delima, that I may have left out.
>
> If life would oONLY be just so easy..... Ta shame, Ta shame.
>
Assuming your daughter's data is backed up - you DO perform backups,
right? - then just pop in your HP CD and let 'er rip. It should restore
your PC to its as-purchased state sans ANY data and all your apps. In
future, consider a good imaging program such as Acronis True Image or
Norton Ghost, it will save you a LOT of time and effort if this happens
again.

Good luck!

--
HP, aka Jerry

"And, that's all I'm going to say about that" - Forrest Gump

Craig A. wrote:

> I do NOT have a Windows XP Cd, I have a HP Computer with Windows on a
> seperate petition.
>
> That is another part of my delima, that I may have left out.
>
> If life would oONLY be just so easy..... Ta shame, Ta shame.

Borrow one or take the machine to a local computer professional. Sorry I
can't help you further.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!