hal.dll missing problem: Part 3
- From: rooster <wil0wisp@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:40:35 -0700
Monday, July 10, 2006
emachines T2893 OEM
Windows XP-Home
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I have been trying to resolve a problem booting into Safe Mode due to the error message: “hal.dll missing or corrupt…”
The T2893 OEM version does not give, or have, access to the “Recovery Console” as an option on the Startup Menu. The only CD I have is the “Recovery Disk” and this only allows a repeat of the initial installation; i.e. I can’t boot from it.
The command console indicates:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>dir hal.dll/s
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1450-F32C
File Not Found"
The Q310994 workaround requires booting from a floppy drive, which this unit does not have.
As far as I can tell (I have no idea); boot.ini appears to be OK.
[QUOTE]
[boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
timeout=30
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect[/QUOTE]
In trying to fix this, I did d/l the hal.dll file in question and have it in Desktop as per:
C:\WINDOWS\system32
Application Extension
(Archive Root Directory)
94 KB
6/29/2002
I also seem to have the file(s) needed to expand it if necessary; i.e.
C:\WINDOWS\I386\sp2.cab
C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386\sp2.cab
This is where I am stymied; I don’t know how to copy the file to Windows Directory given the stumbling blocks noted above.
What baffles me is; if my unit had a floppy drive, I could d/l the Startup (6 floppy discs worth) from MS and proceed to install the Recovery Console, fix.boot, &etc …. and like that. It would seem to me (and I am told it is just a bad assumption) that I should be able to d/l the Startup files to Desktop, and then burn them to a CD-R, and boot from there.
What leads me to suspect this is: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000490.htm
[QUOTE]At the MS-DOS prompt type the below command.
expand x:\i386\hal.dl_ y:\windows\system32\hal.dll
In the above example "x" would be the letter of your CD-ROM drive and "y" the letter of the drive your operating system is installed on. If you need to determine the drive letters of your devices type "map".
Additional information about the expand command can be found on our expand help page.[/QUOTE]
Although I don’t have the reference in front of me; I also came across something that someone tossed off as if the sol’n was too rudimentary to deserve elaboration. It might be so; I just have NO idea what it means.
[QUOTE]To get past the inability to install files in XP (or anything past WinME), you need to disable "rollback", then reboot; MS help files and the online KB should tell you how (I'm not sure for XP Home or I'd give you instructions). Do make sure to re-enable it when you're done.[/QUOTE]
If anyone feels up to the challenge, perhaps they can help me sort this out.
rooster
boundary bay, bc
see also: “hal.dll missing or corrupt”
“When “hal” is frozen over”
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