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From: Jose on 7 Apr 2010 15:30 On Apr 6, 9:13 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > "SC Tom" <s...(a)tom.net> wrote in message > > news:uRjyWve1KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > >news:eFPun.684404$5n1.467294(a)newsfe01.ams2... > >>I notice ny hal.dll is in upper case, is this normal? > > > Maybe he's excited ;-) > > Mine's all caps, too. > > -- > > SC Tom > > > "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed > > any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." > > Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret. > > Is that hal.dll used in a normal boot? > > When I try to do a recovery boot it says it can't find it. My hal.dll shows uppercase when displayed in Windows Explorer. I am pretty sure it is an important file and necessary for a successful boot. If your system is afflicted in such a way that you are seeing a message about hal.dll being missing or corrupt, this is generally a trivial issue to resolve after you do this first: You should first boot your PC into the XP Recovery Console using a bootable XP installation CD or a bootable CD with the XP Recovery Console on it. This is not the same as any Recovery or System CDs that may have come with a store bought system. If you are not sure what you have, make a bootable XP Recovery Console CD and be sure. You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is available: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html For each of your hard disks, you should then run: chkdsk /r For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter: chkdsk c: /r
From: Colin Trunt on 7 Apr 2010 16:06 "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:629d5ed5-4e8b-4a6a-ba81-e0c4d9f3aa55(a)r18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... On Apr 6, 9:13 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > "SC Tom" <s...(a)tom.net> wrote in message > > news:uRjyWve1KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > > > > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > >news:eFPun.684404$5n1.467294(a)newsfe01.ams2... > >>I notice ny hal.dll is in upper case, is this normal? > > > Maybe he's excited ;-) > > Mine's all caps, too. > > -- > > SC Tom > > > "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed > > any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." > > Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret. > > Is that hal.dll used in a normal boot? > > When I try to do a recovery boot it says it can't find it. My hal.dll shows uppercase when displayed in Windows Explorer. I am pretty sure it is an important file and necessary for a successful boot. If your system is afflicted in such a way that you are seeing a message about hal.dll being missing or corrupt, this is generally a trivial issue to resolve after you do this first: You should first boot your PC into the XP Recovery Console using a bootable XP installation CD or a bootable CD with the XP Recovery Console on it. This is not the same as any Recovery or System CDs that may have come with a store bought system. If you are not sure what you have, make a bootable XP Recovery Console CD and be sure. You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is available: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html For each of your hard disks, you should then run: chkdsk /r For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter: chkdsk c: /r
From: Colin Trunt on 7 Apr 2010 16:09 "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message news:nB5vn.159208$E66.127316(a)newsfe22.ams2... > > "Jose" <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:629d5ed5-4e8b-4a6a-ba81-e0c4d9f3aa55(a)r18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 6, 9:13 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: >> "SC Tom" <s...(a)tom.net> wrote in message >> >> news:uRjyWve1KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> >> >> > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message >> >news:eFPun.684404$5n1.467294(a)newsfe01.ams2... >> >>I notice ny hal.dll is in upper case, is this normal? >> >> > Maybe he's excited ;-) >> > Mine's all caps, too. >> > -- >> > SC Tom >> >> > "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed >> > any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." >> > Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret. >> >> Is that hal.dll used in a normal boot? >> >> When I try to do a recovery boot it says it can't find it. > > My hal.dll shows uppercase when displayed in Windows Explorer. > > I am pretty sure it is an important file and necessary for a > successful boot. > > If your system is afflicted in such a way that you are seeing a > message about hal.dll being missing or corrupt, this is generally a > trivial issue to resolve > after you do this first: > > You should first boot your PC into the XP Recovery Console using a > bootable XP installation CD or a bootable CD with the XP Recovery > Console on it. This > is not the same as any Recovery or System CDs that may have come with > a store bought system. If you are not sure what you have, make a > bootable XP Recovery Console CD and be sure. > > You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is > available: > > http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html > > For each of your hard disks, you should then run: > > chkdsk /r > > For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter: > > chkdsk c: /r I think the file is finebut it just gets confused as to where it is. I can boot either normally or to recovery as llong as I don't mess about to much and do it directly. > >
From: Jose on 8 Apr 2010 07:07 On Apr 7, 4:09 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > > news:nB5vn.159208$E66.127316(a)newsfe22.ams2... > > > > > > > > > "Jose" <jose_e...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > >news:629d5ed5-4e8b-4a6a-ba81-e0c4d9f3aa55(a)r18g2000yqd.googlegroups.com.... > > On Apr 6, 9:13 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > >> "SC Tom" <s...(a)tom.net> wrote in message > > >>news:uRjyWve1KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > >> > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > >> >news:eFPun.684404$5n1.467294(a)newsfe01.ams2... > >> >>I notice ny hal.dll is in upper case, is this normal? > > >> > Maybe he's excited ;-) > >> > Mine's all caps, too. > >> > -- > >> > SC Tom > > >> > "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed > >> > any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician." > >> > Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret. > > >> Is that hal.dll used in a normal boot? > > >> When I try to do a recovery boot it says it can't find it. > > > My hal.dll shows uppercase when displayed in Windows Explorer. > > > I am pretty sure it is an important file and necessary for a > > successful boot. > > > If your system is afflicted in such a way that you are seeing a > > message about hal.dll being missing or corrupt, this is generally a > > trivial issue to resolve > > after you do this first: > > > You should first boot your PC into the XP Recovery Console using a > > bootable XP installation CD or a bootable CD with the XP Recovery > > Console on it. This > > is not the same as any Recovery or System CDs that may have come with > > a store bought system. If you are not sure what you have, make a > > bootable XP Recovery Console CD and be sure. > > > You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is > > available: > > >http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html > > > For each of your hard disks, you should then run: > > > chkdsk /r > > > For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter: > > > chkdsk c: /r > > I think the file is finebut it just gets confused as to where it is. > I can boot either normally or to recovery as llong as I don't > mess about to much and do it directly. > > > > The hal.dll (or HAL.DLL) file XP really cares about should only be in one place: c:\windows\system32. You may see it in a few other places depending on your setup, but those other ones are not the ones XP "uses". Nobody or nothing should be getting confused about where it is or have any trouble finding it. If you think there is osme problem regarding hal.dll I would figure it out and fix it. The set up is quite resilient (hard to break),
From: John John - MVP on 8 Apr 2010 08:02
Colin Trunt wrote: > I can boot either normally or to recovery as llong as I don't > mess about to much and do it directly. What exactly does that mean? Mess about with what and what do you mean by "do it directly"? If the Recovery Console is installed you get a boot menu when you boot the computer and you select to boot the Recovery Console or the Windows installation, what is there to mess about with there and what is there to do directly other than selecting which option to boot? How many hard disks do you have and how many partitions do you have on these hard disks? Where is the Windows installation and where is the Command Console installed? To avoid confusion please don't use the term "drive" when answering, use the terms "Hard Disk" and "Partition". John |