Re: <windowsroot>missing

From: NT Canuck (ntcanuck_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/07/03 

Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 08:04:18 GMT

"JOHN" <JOHN@HATMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:040c01c31455$119e5270$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> win xp will not boot up i get a mesg. "windows could not
> start because the follong filr is missing or corrpt
> <windowsroot>\system32\hal.dll please reinstall a copy
> of the above file". I even cann't boot in SAFE MODE and
> sins you cann't run "sfc" from dos what can i do?

Set BIOS to boot from CD...
boot from the original XP CD.

At first Repair option, press R key
Select the Windows OS you are having trouble with.

at the command line type bootcfg /list
(displays boot.ini contents)
Enter "bootcfg /rebuild" at the command line (w/o quotes).

Then reboot (remove CD and reset BIOS)

Should work now..in your particular case.

'Seek and ye shall find'
NT Canuck
http://ntcanuck.com

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