Re: Hal.dll startup message

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From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:04:34 -0600

You have Boot.INI trouble. Boot from CD, and start the Recovery Console Use
the command 'type C:\boot.ini' save the file for backup,
Identify your drives with the 'MAP' utility.
Compare the entries in the boot.ini [operating system] block, with the
results you see from 'Map arc'.
At this point you may see a way to hack boot.ini. You might try various
edits from backup.

The recovery console utilities
bootcfg /rebuild
and
fixboot
may help you do that. 

-- 
Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
marfers notes for windows xp 
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
.
"Johnny Hawk" <JohnnyHawk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:25CF71F5-DDB0-4E5E-95FB-A26F0276F0BA@microsoft.com...
> Have a customers PC, Win XP Pro, just loaded our Access data base
> program and at the first reboot the system fails to boot.  Says cant
> find the Hal.dll in the system32 folder.  Have tried booting in safe mode
> and "last known good configuration".  No good.  She does have the Windows
> XP pro CD with her.  Should I just copy the Hal.dll from the CD and copy 
> to
> the System32 folder?
> -- 
> Johnny Hawk
> Ctrl-alt-Doh!

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