Hal.dll please help?

Question

Hello,

OK Basically fter starting up my pc this morning th pc said,

Windows could not start because the following ile is missing or corrupt, <windows root>\system32\hal.dll

please re-install a copy of the file above.

when i press a button the pc resest its self. I have the file on a disc. nothing else though, please help i dont want to have to Wipe everything of my hard drive.

Thanks Bye.

Answer 1

hal.dll is a main windows subsystem, Hardware Abstraction Layer - it is a layer between software and hardware for windows itself, like low-level windows driver for windows

boot.ini is a file that keeps you windows boot settings

and yes, it&#039;s really serious

it seems that your filesystem was crashed

If you have a friend with same version of your windows (including SP2 or SP3 check too), you could try to copy these files from his system, start-up your pc from a bootable cd and place these files to \system32\ and to c:\boot.ini , then reboot

but you needs to be really lucky so this trick will work

it is better to reinstall windows, for sure

but, if filesystem is broken, some youf your data might corrupt this way

Answer 2

here maybe u can find the answer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320252

hope this help

Answer 3

Try starting in safe mode.

Or last good configuration.

If you can get into the PC, go to the command prompt and type

sfc /scannow

It may be due to a virus so you should also get a BOOTABLE virus scan disk. You will have to use another PC to do this.