[RESOLVED] missing or corrupted hal.dll

[Midknyte]

Re-read Post #11,

And post #3. You should run hardware diagnostics first. If the drive is bad, there is no sense wasting time trying to repair Windows. While you're at it, you can run Memtest86+ off of UBCD as well.

Like I said, UBCD is in my signature. I did not explicitly tell you to download it. However, it is a very handy tool to have.

[SpywareDr]

Go back and look closely at Midknyte's first post in this thread.



So yes, in order to boot up into XP's Recovery Console you will need to boot your computer from a XP Setup CD.

[terryZ]

a co-worker tried to start my xp pc and got the error that the "hal.dll" file is either missing or corrupted.

it's a dell machine and i don't think there is a physical disc with xp on it. just a restore from the D partition.

i followed all the instructions i was given here and now i'm not sure why. what is this UBCD for, anyway?

can you all verify that i CANNOT fix this problem but must re-install XP from the D partition?

thanks

[terryZ]

maybe midknyte should remove that from his signature. as he can see, it's confusing.

[Midknyte]

You're the first person to have a problem with my signature.

Like I said, UBCD is for hardware diagnostics. You should verify that the hardware (hard drive and ram) is good before you try fixing software.

If you still want to go ahead and try to fix the HAL file, you need to use an XP CD.

[terryZ]

the problem resulted from you just posting a link without any actual reply. i just assumed the second link was just that ... a second link to follow.

[SpywareDr]

maybe midknyte should remove that from his signature. as he can see, it's confusing.

You tell him. I heard he's humongous. Something like 6'9", 350 pounds of solid muscle, and meaner than a wet hen.

[Midknyte]

Hah! Not quite that big... yet.

I'll see what I can do about my sig later. Right now, I'm dealing with an uncooperative Oracle/Redhat server.

[SpywareDr]

In one of her moods eh? Best of luck.

[terryZ]

praise the lord!

i arrived at work and, lo and behold, there IS a XP installation disc for my machine!

i got into the recovery console. it asked me which installation i wanted to log into. i typed "1" (for C:\windows).

i then typed in: attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini

and it said "invalid parameter".

any ideas?

thanks.

[terryZ]

i typed "help attrib". should there be a "+" or "-" before the "c:\boot.ini"?

[SpywareDr]

• The command:
  
  
  attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini
  
  removes the "Read-only", "System" and "Hidden" file attributes.
  
  
  
• The command:
  
  
  attrib +r +s +h c:\boot.ini
  
  adds the "Read-only", "System" and "Hidden" file attributes.
  
  
  
• The command:
  
  
  attrib c:\boot.ini
  
  will show you which file attributes are assigned to the "c:\boot.ini" file.
  
  Note that the "A" (Archive) attribute you might see with this command does not really matter in this particular instance because the DEL (delete) command you will be using next will work whether "c:\boot.ini"'s "A" attribute is either On or Off.
  
  
  
• The command:
  
  
  attrib /?
  
  will display all of the parameters that can be used with the "Attrib" command.

Note: The single space character you see between each of those parameters above is important. If they are missing, the command may fail.

[terryZ]

i have the prompt:

c:\windows

i am typing the following:

attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini

and getting the folling messager:

the parameter is not valid. try /? for help.

am i at the wrong prompt?

[terryZ]

ok.

i changed all the attributesindividually. deleted the boot.ini file.

when i tried "bootcfg /rebuild" i get the following error

faile to uccesfully scn disk for windows intallations

it suggets running chkdsk to detect any errors

[terryZ]

which i am doing now