Linux_wannabe
Active Member
Well, things aren't going just perfectly as I had previously thought. When I attempted to boot XP, I got the following message:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows Root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
"
I have no idea how to re-install a single file. But I don't believe that XP will be happy again without a functioning Hardware Abstraction Layer. I'll search the forum before posting, but I am not too confident.
After reading the documentation trying to figure things out myself, more questions arose. I'm unable to find a "boot" folder anywhere on the hard drive using Windows Explorer. Doing a search for it, though, turns several up. But "Boot.ini" and "ntldr" are missing in action and the only way I can even see the XP partition is via the Disk Management MMC snap-in.
I'd REALLY like to be able to boot XP, because Vista on this laptop runs like total crap.
I'd also really like to tell all who may happen to read this to REALLY try to never have a head-injury. Mine sure-as-hell don't go out of their way to help with things like this!
I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could help me get this thing straightened out!
Darin
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<Windows Root>\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.
"
I have no idea how to re-install a single file. But I don't believe that XP will be happy again without a functioning Hardware Abstraction Layer. I'll search the forum before posting, but I am not too confident.
After reading the documentation trying to figure things out myself, more questions arose. I'm unable to find a "boot" folder anywhere on the hard drive using Windows Explorer. Doing a search for it, though, turns several up. But "Boot.ini" and "ntldr" are missing in action and the only way I can even see the XP partition is via the Disk Management MMC snap-in.
I'd REALLY like to be able to boot XP, because Vista on this laptop runs like total crap.
I'd also really like to tell all who may happen to read this to REALLY try to never have a head-injury. Mine sure-as-hell don't go out of their way to help with things like this!
I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could help me get this thing straightened out!
Darin