hal.dll missing

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DD

I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.
 
DD said:
I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.
Click to expand...

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
 
I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


John John (MVP) said:
DD said:
I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.
Click to expand...

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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Have tried all for the past few days, does nto solve the problem.

getting same error message.


JS said:
Hal dll missing or corrupt:
Suggested sites:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm
and: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm
and: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/pcrepair/a/missinghal_dll.htm
and: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330184

JS


DD said:
I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still
getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.
Click to expand...
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What blue screen?

John
I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:

DD wrote:

I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.
Click to expand...

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down
unmountable_boot_volume

If this is the first time u ve seen .........................................


technical information
****STOP : 0x000000ed (0x899bbe30,0xc00014f,0x00000000,0x0000000)
the installation is not complete, after windows copy the files and computer
restart.


John John (MVP) said:
What blue screen?

John
I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:

DD wrote:


I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

John John (MVP) said:
What blue screen?

John
I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:

DD wrote:


I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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Being that all of this started while you were trying to reinstall
Windows and in view of the fact that at first the installation couldn't
be found then I would have to think that critical files were not
properly installed. Do another reinstall.

John
for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

:

What blue screen?

John

DD wrote:

I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:



DD wrote:



I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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I tried format and reinstall the OS few times yesterday whole day by using
different xp cd, still the same.

headache.

John John (MVP) said:
Being that all of this started while you were trying to reinstall
Windows and in view of the fact that at first the installation couldn't
be found then I would have to think that critical files were not
properly installed. Do another reinstall.

John
for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

:

What blue screen?

John

DD wrote:


I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:



DD wrote:



I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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Just a heads up. If the master boot record provides slightly inaccurate
information on the XP boot (system) partition, the file table seen may be
inaccurate as a result. If the file table is a little off, it would explain
not finding hal.dll and so forth. In such a case, the only fix is removing
the XP boot (system) partition, and creating a new one which updates the
master boot record in the process. Simple formatting of the existing
partition will not fix such breakage. If you're using a 3rd party boot
manager, you may need to reinstall it afterwards.

If the region on the hard disk where the master boot record resides is
flaky, you may need to zero write and allow such software to map out such
areas. Similar occurs with where the XP boot (system) partition resides as
well.

--
Dave
DD said:
for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

John John (MVP) said:
What blue screen?

John
I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the
windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:


DD wrote:


I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could
not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above
file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still
getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP
and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on
it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of
the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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hI,

Do you have any othere suggestion where I can try on.


John John (MVP) said:
Being that all of this started while you were trying to reinstall
Windows and in view of the fact that at first the installation couldn't
be found then I would have to think that critical files were not
properly installed. Do another reinstall.

John
for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

:

What blue screen?

John

DD wrote:


I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:



DD wrote:



I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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No, I'm afraid not. JS gave you several links with possible fixes and
you said that you tried all of those suggested fixes so I don't have
anything new to add. If the hal.dll is indeed corrupt or missing you
can look for it on your hard drive in the
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and copy it to the
C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder. That failing you can extract it from the XP
cd and place it in the System32 folder but unless the hal is the same
version as the missing or corrupt one I don't expect this to work, try
and copy a hal.dll from another XP computer that has the same Service
Pack level as yours. You could also try to replace the Ntoskrnl.exe
file in the System32 folder. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

John
hI,

Do you have any othere suggestion where I can try on.


:

Being that all of this started while you were trying to reinstall
Windows and in view of the fact that at first the installation couldn't
be found then I would have to think that critical files were not
properly installed. Do another reinstall.

John
for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation running
chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

:



What blue screen?

John

DD wrote:



I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see the windows
xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:




DD wrote:




I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows could not
start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to rebulit the
boot.ini
file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but still getting
the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different OS.XP and
Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP "
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work depands on it
and have keep trying to solve this problem for the pass few days.

Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one of the
boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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By the way, if your main concern is that you have important files that
you want to save then there are relatively easy ways to salvage your
files. After you salvage your important files you can format the disk
and install Windows to a nice clean state.

John
No, I'm afraid not. JS gave you several links with possible fixes and
you said that you tried all of those suggested fixes so I don't have
anything new to add. If the hal.dll is indeed corrupt or missing you
can look for it on your hard drive in the
C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and copy it to the
C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder. That failing you can extract it from the XP
cd and place it in the System32 folder but unless the hal is the same
version as the missing or corrupt one I don't expect this to work, try
and copy a hal.dll from another XP computer that has the same Service
Pack level as yours. You could also try to replace the Ntoskrnl.exe
file in the System32 folder. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477

John
hI,

Do you have any othere suggestion where I can try on.


:

Being that all of this started while you were trying to reinstall
Windows and in view of the fact that at first the installation
couldn't be found then I would have to think that critical files were
not properly installed. Do another reinstall.

John

DD wrote:

for Unmounteable_volume i have followed MS site recommendation
running chkdsk /r and fixboot but the blue screen still appeared.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

:



What blue screen?

John

DD wrote:



I tried , options 1 & 3 still got same errors but option 2, i see
the windows xp logo after that the blue screen appeared.


:




DD wrote:




I resintalled the windows xp professionaland getting the"windows
could not start because the following file missing or corrupt :
windows_root\system32\ hal.dll , pls re-install a copy of the
above file

I followed MS tech guide by using the bootcfg /rebuild to
rebulit the boot.ini file and
other suggestion site to delete the boot.ini and rebuild, but
still getting the same error message

I have one hardisk with 3 partitions and running two different
OS.XP and Macintosh
the xp is in cc;\partition
This is my boot.ini config

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP " /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone help, I only have this notebook and all my work
depands on it and have keep trying to solve this problem for the
pass few days.


Change it like this and see if you can boot the computer with one
of the boot options:

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 3" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

John
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Hi,

My Experiance with this message so far, strongly suggests that when
Windows' (XP Pro anyway) is trying to boot it is not finding the Windows
directory. In my case, all I did to create the problem was temporarily
remove the RAID card. [It could be any hardware that is drive letter ordered
before and including the OS's drive]. The Intel motherboard BIOS then
automatically reordered the drives when I started it up. Whe the card was
reinstalled the drive letter was now different, so it couldn't find Windows'
directory. All I needed to do was pull the power for the drive that was now
before it and reboot. The BIOS would have re-ordered it for me. But not me,
I couldn't figure it out before I decided that I was going to have to
reinstall Windows. That may have not been such a bad thing, I have all my
program CDs, etc., I need. What I didn't get warned clearly about was I was
going to loose all my emails. Since I reinstalled into a different directory
and used a slightly different user name, I was able to save the "My
Documents" directory. I'm still trying to round up my old emails though.
I've played with Linux machines and they all ended up locked up when they ran
out of hard drive space. Can't even get the console to move or delete files.
Such luck, I've almost come to believe that no OS really want to take care
of my data.
Sincerely, Gregory D. MELLOTT
 
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