Re: hal.dll and repair problems

If chkdsk could not repair the underlying file system issue then a format
would have to be performed to rebuild the file system. If you have issues
formatting then most likely its a physical problem with the drive(damaged
physically).

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Constantinos" <Constantinos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C462CD26-95F8-42D1-94B8-B30134B261FB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Please bear with me as English is not my mother language and my technical
> > knowledge and terms are limited.
> >
> > My 17 y.o. son owns an HP Compaq nx7010 laptop, Intel Pentium M 1.7GHZ,
> > 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD with WinXP Pro SP2 with all the security and antivirus
> > updates. A couple of days ago he uninstalled NOD antivirus and installed
> Bit
> > Defender antivirus. When he tried to restart he got the system32\hal.dll
> > missing or corrupt message as described in so many other posts in this
> forum.
> >
> > I read through all the relevant threads in this forum and the proposed
> > fixes. Most seem to assume that the Recovery Console recognises the
> installed
> > Windows and propose to choose "1: C:\windows" when prompted. In my case it
> is
> > not so. After booting from the CD and selecting "Repair" the Recovery
> Console
> > does not ask me to choose which installation to repair. I only get the c:>
> > prompt. The "dir" command is recognised, tries to run, but then gives a
> > message that it cannot run (I don't remember the exact wording). The
> commands
> > "windows", "win" and "winnt" do not work at all. So I think I cannot try
> most
> > of the solutions, like the one by Charlie White, mentioned here.
> >
> > Thought my best bet was to do what the damn machine was asking for, i.e.
> to
> > re-install a copy of the hal.dll file. I tried the "rename
> > c:\windows\system32\hal.dll halORG.dll" command (in order to follow that
> with
> > a "copy hal.dll c:\windows\system32" from the CD) and it tried to run but
> > then gave a message like it could not be executed.
> >
> > I then tried the John Barnett solution, obviously without the step of
> > selecting the relevant installation so it was no surprise that the
> > "bootcfg/list" was not recognised.
> >
> > Finally I tried the "chkdsk c: /r" command suggested by Ron Martell. The
> > process was very slow. After 90 minutes it showed 3% progress so I left it
> to
> > run overnight. This morning I found it saying 50% complete and then a
> message
> > like there are one or more volumes that are un-repairable.
> >
> > Someone on this forum said that re-installation is not the answer. So my
> > question is: What should I do next short or reformatting and/or
> re-installing
> > windows?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
> >
> > Costas
> > (not an expert, not even in asking questions)
>
> Many posters whose mothertongue is English should be proud if
> they worded their posts as carefully as you worded yours. The
> same applies to the technical content of your post.
>
> About your question: I believe you need to determine if your
> file system is intact. Here is an easy and safe way of doing it:
>
> 1. Boot your machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com).
>
> 2. Run these commands:
> ntfsdos.exe /L GHIK
> c:
> dir /s /p
> You need to download ntfsdos.exe from www.sysinternals.com,
> then copy it to your Win98 boot disk.
>
> Can you see your files and and folders? Do they look reasonable?
> You won't see long file names. Instead of "C:\Program Files", you
> will see "C:\Progra~1". This is OK.
>
> The next steps will depend on the outcome of this test. Do
> you have another Win2000/XP PC that you could use to
> assist in the repair process?
>
>
>
.

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