missing or corrupt.....hal.dll...please reinstall...

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I have a workstation running XP Pro that displays the following error message.

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252#kb2 does
not help.

I did get the machine to at least prompt me for OS choice, yet Windows 2000
Professional was the only OS option listed.......

 

[Guest]

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Try tapping the F8 key on starting computer,select at info page,safe mode,
open xp as administrator,open administrator tools in control panel,event
viewer,get more details.You could also,boot to xp cd,select install xp at
info
screen,repair this copy,you only loose xp updates.

"John Fischetti" wrote:

> I have a workstation running XP Pro that displays the following error message.
>
> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
> Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252#kb2 does
> not help.
>
> I did get the machine to at least prompt me for OS choice, yet Windows 2000
> Professional was the only OS option listed.......

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

I just had this exact same problem, and I was so frustrated with all the
other problems I've been having of late, that I finally formatted my C drive
and reinstalled the OS. I'm on the road to recovery now!

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Visit my web site http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq
button and take a look at question 36 to see if that helps.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org


"John Fischetti" <jfischetti114@hotmail.cam> wrote in message
news:2924D7C4-8863-4E63-91CD-C14C0912DE0C@microsoft.com...
>I have a workstation running XP Pro that displays the following error
>message.
>
> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
> Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252#kb2 does
> not help.
>
> I did get the machine to at least prompt me for OS choice, yet Windows
> 2000
> Professional was the only OS option listed.......

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thank you. I have already performed these steps.
Now the computer prompts me for an OS, I choose XP Pro and it then prompts
me to choose how it starts Windows(Safe Mode options)

If I choose Safe Mode it locks after loading mup.sys

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> Visit my web site http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq
> button and take a look at question 36 to see if that helps.
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>
>
> "John Fischetti" <jfischetti114@hotmail.cam> wrote in message
> news:2924D7C4-8863-4E63-91CD-C14C0912DE0C@microsoft.com...
> >I have a workstation running XP Pro that displays the following error
> >message.
> >
> > Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
> > Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
> > Please re-install a copy of the above file.
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320252#kb2 does
> > not help.
> >
> > I did get the machine to at least prompt me for OS choice, yet Windows
> > 2000
> > Professional was the only OS option listed.......
>
>
>

 

[Florida25wm]

This is what i did to fix the issue. Took a hour to find what was making the error (missing HAL.dll)

Use your XP boot CD, act as if you are going to install XP again, once you see the list of partitions note the partition number that is having the issue.
For me I had 4 partitions and the HAL.dll issue was with partition 3 (winxp).

One of the other parts was (Windows 7).

I slaved the drive on a different system ( or do it from Windows 7 the other boot OS) and adjust the boot.ini file to be the right partition number.

Once done all worked. I can dual boot Win 7 and XP Pro

PS: I had Win 7 installed first.