Hello all -
I booted up one day last week to the following:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll"
So I tried a couple solutions from the Windows recovery console, including FIXBOOT and FIXMBR, which did not work. When I went to try CHKDSK, I got this message:
"The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
The machine is a Dell dimension 8400 running Windows XP. It has a newer 500 GB hard drive that was working well for over a year.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance -
~MX
I booted up one day last week to the following:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll"
So I tried a couple solutions from the Windows recovery console, including FIXBOOT and FIXMBR, which did not work. When I went to try CHKDSK, I got this message:
"The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
The machine is a Dell dimension 8400 running Windows XP. It has a newer 500 GB hard drive that was working well for over a year.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance -
~MX