So yeah, I haven't got a copy of Windows 7 to repair from yet...in the process.
In the meantime. can I do anything?
Here's the story. Computer crashed, now getting the typical HAL.dll missing error. Using HIREN'S boot CD, I was able to boot into the Hiren's mini XP, and I can see the root windows drive is there, and appears like all the files are intact (obviously something in windows or the bootsector isn't, but generally everything is there). I also have a non-bootable copy of Windows 7. Is there any specific file I can replace or something I can do to repair the boot loader? Obviously I cant run BOOTMGR or sfc /scannow on the bad drive, those won't run within the miniXP. I can't seem to boot into repair mode on the non-bootable DVD obviously. Is there any manual workaround to rebuild the booting instructions? I'm an old XP guy, not familiar with the booting on 7, I know that it doesn't use boot.ini nor any of those files anymore, but beyond that I'm lost in this environment..
I ran chkdsk, and it found some errors, though I am hesitant to blindly just fix those and then gosh knows what that will do to the drive.
Any help would be appreciated! thanks.
In the meantime. can I do anything?
Here's the story. Computer crashed, now getting the typical HAL.dll missing error. Using HIREN'S boot CD, I was able to boot into the Hiren's mini XP, and I can see the root windows drive is there, and appears like all the files are intact (obviously something in windows or the bootsector isn't, but generally everything is there). I also have a non-bootable copy of Windows 7. Is there any specific file I can replace or something I can do to repair the boot loader? Obviously I cant run BOOTMGR or sfc /scannow on the bad drive, those won't run within the miniXP. I can't seem to boot into repair mode on the non-bootable DVD obviously. Is there any manual workaround to rebuild the booting instructions? I'm an old XP guy, not familiar with the booting on 7, I know that it doesn't use boot.ini nor any of those files anymore, but beyond that I'm lost in this environment..
I ran chkdsk, and it found some errors, though I am hesitant to blindly just fix those and then gosh knows what that will do to the drive.
Any help would be appreciated! thanks.
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