MISSING OR CORRUPT HAL.DLL FILE

[Guest]

Hi, I tried to load windows xp prof in my computer that was running win 98 it
said there was not enough mem so it say to press l to set a new partition,
anyway the computer went haywire and the screen turned into little tiny
squares and now all i get is missing or corrupt hal.dll file. I cant start it
in any mode. help!!! i have been trying everything!!!!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, I tried to load windows xp prof in my computer that was running
win 98 it said there was not enough mem so it say to press l to set a
new partition, anyway the computer went haywire and the screen turned
into little tiny squares and now all i get is missing or corrupt
hal.dll file. I cant start it in any mode. help!!! i have been trying
everything!!!!

Please help us to help you. How did you try to load WIndows XP? Please be
very specific.

The message certainly didn't say there wasn't enough memory so you should
make a new partition, because memory and disk space are two completely
different things. Exactly what was the message? Please provide it's
fullverbatim text.

What does "the computer went haywire" mean? What tiny squares? WHat do they
look like?

What does "i have been trying everything!!!!" mean? Exactly what have you
tried, and exactly what were the results? include the exact verbatim text of
any message syou received.

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http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm and

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hello,

The following articles might help you in installing Windows XP properly.

How to install or upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941

Clean install XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

How to perform a Windows XP repair install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Anando
Microsoft MVP- Windows Shell/User
Microsoft Certified Professional
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[Guest]

the computer screen went into little tiny colred squares i have never seen
this before so that is the best i can tell you about that. i can only get
into setup or i can get B:/>/ or I can change it to A:/>/ if i put a disk
in the diskette drive. the error reads Windows could not start becuase the
following file is missing or corrupt:<Windows root>/system32/hal.dll. please
reinstall a copy of hte above file. I cant seem to change it to c drive so it
only reads diskettes i tried copying a copy of the hal.dll file from my other
computer onto diskette but it does not work.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

See the following article.

SYMPTOMS
When you start your computer after you upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP, you may receive one or both of the following error messages: Invalid Boot.ini, Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Windows\System32\Hal.dll

"Invalid Boot.ini" or "Windows could not start" error messages when you start your computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330184