Re: Re installing windows system files
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 18:21:11 +1000
"Peter Brown" <peterdb@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This week end I updated my Bios, with "MSI live update"
> as I have done many times previously.
> However this time after the update the PC would not boot
> to Windows...giving me the Error message
> " <windows_root>system32\hal.dll file missing"
> re install this file.
> Well I could not mange to do this no matter what I
> tried !.As I had no access to "Windows' I had to work in
> DOS mode which I am noy very familiar with but following
> instructions I found by searching the net I used the
> Recovery console and typed in the respective commands to
> re install the hal.dll file.
> I typed :
> F:\i386\hal.dll_c:\windows\system32\hal.dll
> And similar variations to try to get it to work but it
> was never going to work as I found that I could not
> access my "Windows" files as they were all in my RAID
> array and the recovey console did not "see" them ..it
> would not detect the Raid drives at all when I tried !.
>
> I have anothe HD installed on the "normal ATA IDE sockets
> and was able to see this drive and contents OK also my CD
> & DVD drives,!.
>
> Does anyone know what I could have done in case it
> happens again.
> I had a thought that I would install a second copy of
> Windows on my other ATA IDE drive and if I had problems
> with my RAID windows setup I would boot to the copy and
> copy the "lost" files over to the respective Raid drive.
> However this didn't wotk either as the second copy of
> windows booted Ok but in Explorer it does not recognose
> the raid setup ..it does "see" the drive but no contents
> and if i try to access it it just says it wants to Format
> it.
> ...
> is there a way of fixing these type of problems with my
> setup
> Thanks
> Pete
>
>
> SYSTEM SPECIFICATION as at 28 February 2004
>
> Windows XP Pro (with all updates)
>
> MSI K8T Neo Motherboard (MS6702 (v1)
> ON BOARD AC-97 Realtek SOUND
> MOTHERBOARD BIOS VERSION AWARD AWD 1.2
> AMD XP 64 BIT 3200 PROCESSOR
> ADAPTEC 2940U2W SCSI CONTROLLER CARD
> BIOS VERSION ADAPTEC 2.57.2
> WESTERN DIGITAL WD1000JB 7200rpm ATA133 100GB HARD DRIVE
>
> RAID SETUP: 0 STRIPPING (for Performance)
> WESTERN DIGITAL WD12000 7200rpm SERIAL ATA 120GB HARD
> DRIVE
> WESTERN DIGITAL WD12000 7200rpm SERIAL ATA 120GB HARD
> DRIVE
>
> 1G (2x 512 MB) PC3200 DDR CORSAIR MEMORY
> ASUS V8170 NVIDIA G-FORCE 4 64MB GRAPHICS CARD
> LG 4040B DVD WRITER DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW DVD-RAM
> LITON XJ-HD 116S 48Wx24xRW48R CD WRITER-SMART BURN/SMART X
> LITEON 48246S DVD ROM
> STANDARD 1.4MB FLOPPY DRIVE
> MITSUBISHI DIAMOND VIEW DV-172 17 INCH LCD FLAT SCREEN
> MONITOR
> EPSON PERFECTION 1200 SCSI SCANNER
> CANON S820 COLOUR PRINTER
> CANON S520 COLOUR PRINTER
> AOPEN HX-08 FULL TOWER CASE
> DYNALINK V1456VQE-R1 EXTERNAL MODEM
> ASPI LAYER 4.17.2
This link might help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341
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