floyd502

Hi, sorry to go on about this again but can anyone help as my laptop will not boot, says "hal.dll" is missing/corrupt. I have copied this file to disc and to memory stick. The only thing is that I can not use the laptop to put the file on or where the file should be. Is there any commands that will take the file off the disc/mem. stick and place the file on the laptop.

Cheers

dave

floyd502

ps. I have looked around the site in a few threads to try and find the answer to recover files. none of these worked though.

TriggerFinger

Have you tried going into XP Recovery Console (using XP install CD) and entering the command below at the command prompt?

expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll

where:
d - is your CD/DVD drive

floyd502

I cannot get the command prompt up.
1. Turn on laptop, comes up with info.
2. I can enter boot menu, setup or network boot
3. Gives a little more info then screen goes blank for about 4 minutes
4. comes up with missing or corrupted file please re-install hal.dll
5. I press any button and the laptop restarts up to go through the above steps again.

floyd502

And I have not got the xp setup disc as bought the laptop a couple of months ago without any discs.

TriggerFinger

floyd502

"If you do not have XP install CD then you cannot enter the Recovery Console. Your option now is to do a fresh install from the recover partition if your laptop still has one. Of course you can borrow as long as you use your own COA for the laptop."

Sorry to be a pain but how can I get to the recovery partition???
I can enter boot, net. boot and setup
is there any more keys I can press for more options ie recovery partition???

I have the Tiny laptop green 320

Cheers

Dave

TriggerFinger

Try F10 or F11 when the logo appears.

floyd502

Right I have made a bootable disc which gets me to the Windows setup screen which is the blue screen andf looks like this.

Windows Setup
_____________




Please insert the disk labeled
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD
into Drive A:
* Press Enter When Ready


Now I downloaded this file from the Microsoft site to my Desktop and burned it to disk but when I put the disc into the laptop and press enter the laptop checks the disc and brings up the above message again,

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Dave

TriggerFinger

So you have XP Home install CD and SP2 downloaded on a CD also. Why not try nLite (do it in another PC). There you can slipstream SP2 into your XP Home installation and produce an installation CD that has both.

floyd502

just a pity cannot just put hal.dll onto a disk/mem. stick and just put that into the laptop to get it working again. Just downloaded nlite and see how that works.

Thanks again

floyd502

Hi, Can anyone help that may have used nlite before

I downloaded it earlier to make a boot for my laptop with windows xp home ed. with sp2 files. I must be doing something wrong as the laptop is just coming up with a blank screen after reading the disk. If you can tell me what files and what steps to take as I stayed away from a couple of steps as I dont want to do mess up my computer as well.

If any one can help will be greatly appreciated.

floyd502

New Problem, Done what I said in last posting but now when I put the disk in the laptop the dam thing reads a bit of the disc and then restarts, first time I thought may be rebooting then second time I thought oh s**t not again, and then a third time I ended up turning it off again.
any help to get my laptop working again would be great.

Cheers
dave

TriggerFinger

Hi Dave,

So have you tried nLite? If you need the steps, try this link:

http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_slipstream.htm

momomo26

i have the exact same problem on my HP 6125
the answer to your question is recovery CD
if the machine is still under warranty call them and you will get a free set
if warranty expire then you will have to pay (welll for HP it was 30$)

floyd502

Thanks for all your help, I have got the disk now that gets me into the windows setup.

Thanks again