hal.dll windows 2000 just wont load

FlippingTop · 12-01-2006, 12:03 PM

hey,
having major problems with my laptop. It has windows 2000 installed on it and abit of malware on it seems to have deleted alot of windows files. when ever i load up the computer i had the "NTDLR is missing or damaged". Managed to find my windows XP cd and copied across the i386\ndtlr folder + contents across and thought i would have fixed the problem. However now when i load up the PC i get the error "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll." I found a "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" install CD and booted it up, thinking that i could just recover my instalation. I have alot of files in my "My Docs" that i need access to. When i boot up the PC via the CD drive windows the Blue screen appears and Windows 2000 setup comes up in the corner then after about 30 seconds the message "Please insert the disk labeled Windows 2000 professional CD-ROM into Drive A:" which is abit of a problem because i dont have a Floppy Drive attached, and even if i did dont think i could force this CD into that gap :) I am assuming here that the CD drive is D:\ and not A:\ The laptop DOES have a floppy drive, however you can only attach either the CD drive or the floppy
In any case I dont have a floppy disk drive on the PC i am currently using, and cant find any of the boot disks that came with the PC

Thanks for any help :)

all i really want to do is just get of my files

levi.rogers · 12-01-2006, 04:16 PM

Take it to a tech that has the proper adapter to plug your Laptop harddrive into an IDE cable as a slave drive and he can at the least copy over your files for you onto a CD. Than you can do a clean install and still have your doc's.

LR

FlippingTop · 12-02-2006, 05:14 AM

Surley once it is attached to another computer and is booted up not being the master drive any files in My Docs will not be accessible. Ive got 2 HDDs currently running on this PC and if i atempt to get into the My Docs on my slave drive i get the "access denied" error message.

Is there no way i can fix it alone

ive got both a windows 2000 install disk and a windows XP Pro install disk :(

Is it posible to download a bootdisk of the net / the files i need and copy them accross in DOS?

And why would it ask me top insert a CD-ROM into the A:\ drive

dlf35121 · 12-09-2006, 07:42 PM

try freepctech.com\downloads.shtml i downloaded the 4 start up disk for w-2000 im trying to find a 2000 cd emergency repair disk i hadnt had any luck yet these disk may not be what you looking for

12-01-2006, 12:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
FlippingTop Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP (not very well)	hal.dll windows 2000 just wont load hey, having major problems with my laptop. It has windows 2000 installed on it and abit of malware on it seems to have deleted alot of windows files. when ever i load up the computer i had the "NTDLR is missing or damaged". Managed to find my windows XP cd and copied across the i386\ndtlr folder + contents across and thought i would have fixed the problem. However now when i load up the PC i get the error "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll." I found a "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" install CD and booted it up, thinking that i could just recover my instalation. I have alot of files in my "My Docs" that i need access to. When i boot up the PC via the CD drive windows the Blue screen appears and Windows 2000 setup comes up in the corner then after about 30 seconds the message "Please insert the disk labeled Windows 2000 professional CD-ROM into Drive A:" which is abit of a problem because i dont have a Floppy Drive attached, and even if i did dont think i could force this CD into that gap :) I am assuming here that the CD drive is D:\ and not A:\ The laptop DOES have a floppy drive, however you can only attach either the CD drive or the floppy In any case I dont have a floppy disk drive on the PC i am currently using, and cant find any of the boot disks that came with the PC Thanks for any help :) all i really want to do is just get of my files

12-01-2006, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
levi.rogers Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mid-West Posts: 111 OS: WinXP Pro	My Suggestions Take it to a tech that has the proper adapter to plug your Laptop harddrive into an IDE cable as a slave drive and he can at the least copy over your files for you onto a CD. Than you can do a clean install and still have your doc's. LR

12-02-2006, 05:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
FlippingTop Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP (not very well)	Surley once it is attached to another computer and is booted up not being the master drive any files in My Docs will not be accessible. Ive got 2 HDDs currently running on this PC and if i atempt to get into the My Docs on my slave drive i get the "access denied" error message. Is there no way i can fix it alone ive got both a windows 2000 install disk and a windows XP Pro install disk :( Is it posible to download a bootdisk of the net / the files i need and copy them accross in DOS? And why would it ask me top insert a CD-ROM into the A:\ drive Last edited by FlippingTop; 12-02-2006 at 05:16 AM.

12-09-2006, 07:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
dlf35121 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5 OS: WINDOWS 2000 PRO	try freepctech.com\downloads.shtml i downloaded the 4 start up disk for w-2000 im trying to find a 2000 cd emergency repair disk i hadnt had any luck yet these disk may not be what you looking for