hal.dll ???

[Guest]

when i start my computer i get a message saying the hal.dll is missing or
corrupt and i should copy it from the installation cd. how do i do this when
my pc will not boot up.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Kelly's web page:

"HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_h.htm

 

[Guest]

try to make a boot diskette or CD in another computer, and copy the file
there, another solution is to reinstall windows.

 

[Malke]

when i start my computer i get a message saying the hal.dll is missing
or corrupt and i should copy it from the installation cd. how do i do
this when my pc will not boot up.

WINDOWS COULD NOT FIND START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR
CORRUPT WINDOWS ROOT>\SYSTEM32\hal.dll

Answer provided by the late, great MVP Alex Nichol:

"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

 

[S.Sengupta]

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

regards,
ssg MS-MVP