Missing hal.dll

[Matthew Peavy]

Hi all,

I booted into WinXP today and couldn't get through the boot sequence.
This did follow an unclean shutdown (forced to power down due to a
hanging system).

I ran chkdsk, which (claimed) to repair a few things. When I rebooted, I
got a message that Hal.dll was corrupted or missing. So I went into the
recovery console, typed "expand d:\i386\hal.dl_
c:\windows\system32\hal.dll" as I was directed to by another web-site.
But I get a message telling me I don't have permission.

I can't figure out where I can give an admin password while in the
recovery console. I tried "logon", but it doesn't seem to do anything -
just gets me back to c:

Any idea how this got corrupted in the first place? Any other ideas?

Another question - can I install the OS without erasing the existing
data? Would I do that from the OS disk itself?

I'm in a desperate state. Can anyone help?!

Thanks,
Matt.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Matthew,

Is "D" your CD drive, or is it another partition? If it is not, you need to
change that letter to whatever drive letter is. The Recovery Console only
allows access to some limited things, and you need to logon to it as
administrator when it is first loaded.

As to reinstalling, follow these steps to do a repair install which should
preserve your data, settings, and programs:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM
drive.
2. Restart your computer. If you have to, change the BIOS settings to start
from
the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, and then restart your computer again.
3. At the "Welcome to Setup" page, press ENTER.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Use the arrow keys to select the installation of Windows XP that you want
to
repair, and then press R to start the automatic repair process.
6. When Setup is completed, activate Windows XP.

Note that you will need your Product Key for this procedure, so have it
handy before you begin.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!
please go through:-
XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
regard
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org