missing<Windows root>\sys32\hal.dll

[Guest]

This is a long saga re "ntldr missing'. I have tried repair console. I have made afloppy containing ntldr and ntdetect.com as well as boot.ini on notepad.This lot get me to startup screen where i can pick Windows XP home or the default Windows. No matter which one I pick, I get the following: <Windows root>\System 32\hal.dll Please reinstall a copy of the above file
How exactly do I do this? I know where it is on the CD and I have copied it to the floppy.What is the full pathway? Remember, when I ahve tried to copyntldr from D drive ( copy D:\i386\ntldr C:\) I get "Access denied'. elgordo

 

[Rich Barry]

Elgordo, that rarely ever works. If you have a WinXP CD then use the
Recovery Console. Try the Bootcfg,
Fix Mbr and FixBoot commands. If that doesnt work do a Repair
Install.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];307654
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstallfrm.htm

This is a long saga re "ntldr missing'. I have tried repair console. I

have made afloppy containing ntldr and ntdetect.com as well as boot.ini on
notepad.This lot get me to startup screen where i can pick Windows XP home
or the default Windows. No matter which one I pick, I get the following:

How exactly do I do this? I know where it is on the CD and I have copied

it to the floppy.What is the full pathway? Remember, when I ahve tried to
copyntldr from D drive ( copy D:\i386\ntldr C:\) I get "Access denied'.
elgordo

 

[Guest]

been thru repair console and "fixboot", and "fixmbr". With the latter I get that all partition info and files may be lost if I proceed. I might as well do a fresh install and not lose the info on the other partitions. Ta folks.

 

[Billy]

Two questions was any type of drive manufacturers overlay programs used
I.e. Ezdrive Maxblast? If so remove those first.
Then in the Recovery Console try a Chkdsk /R.
Have you tried Bootcfg /Scan and then /Add ?

been thru repair console and "fixboot", and "fixmbr". With the latter

I get that all partition info and files may be lost if I proceed. I
might as well do a fresh install and not lose the info on the other
partitions. Ta folks.