HAL.DLL missing

[James]

My windows xp pro crashed while I was formatting a blank
diskette. So my imemediate solution was to reboot my pc.
But my win xp didn't load successfully, instead, displayed
the error message in a blank screen, "<WINDOWS ROOT>\System
32\Hal.dll is missing or corrupted."

How can I recover the said missing file with ease?
Please help asap!
Thanks!

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hello!

Please refer:- http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
with regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

 

[Alex Nichol]

My windows xp pro crashed while I was formatting a blank
diskette. So my imemediate solution was to reboot my pc.
But my win xp didn't load successfully, instead, displayed
the error message in a blank screen, "<WINDOWS ROOT>\System
32\Hal.dll is missing or corrupted."

How can I recover the said missing file with ease?

This indicates instead that the boot.ini file is missing or damaged, so
that the boot is looking in the wrong place for windows files. 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. Give
BootCfg /Rebuild

which should get you over the immediate problem - depending on what
happened in the crash though, there may be others. I think as a
safeguard I would also run
CHKDSK /F C:
after that command, before rebooting

 

[Alex Nichol]

My windows xp pro crashed while I was formatting a blank
diskette. So my imemediate solution was to reboot my pc.
But my win xp didn't load successfully, instead, displayed
the error message in a blank screen, "<WINDOWS ROOT>\System
32\Hal.dll is missing or corrupted."

How can I recover the said missing file with ease?

This indicates instead that the boot.ini file is missing or damaged, so
that the boot is looking in the wrong place for windows files. 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. Give
BootCfg /Rebuild

which should get you over the immediate problem - depending on what
happened in the crash though, there may be others. I think as a
safeguard I would also run
CHKDSK /F C:
after that command, before rebooting