I am having problems with my computer and the message <windows root>\system32\hal.dll file missing or corrupt. I have tried several of the posts on this site and none of them have worked. I have an E-machines T2692 and WinXP home edition came installed in it. I don't want to use the disks that came with the computer since that will clean everything off my hard drive. There are files and pictures on the hard drive that I don't want to lose. I have learned my lesson that data must be backed up frequently.
I do not have a WinXP CD, but I have downloaded the 6 disk set from Windows and tried to run the repair console from that. I get to the repair option and select it. It does not give ask about any installation location. It takes me to c:\> and I can type in basic commands. I tried following the help posted at http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm and was not successful. When I entered bootcfg /list it came back with No boot entries available to display. I proceeded to the next step and entered bootcfg /rebuild. The error that came back was Failed to successfully scan disks for windows installations. may be corrupt file system which would prevent bootcfg from successfully scanning. Use chkdsk to detect any disk errors. I ran Chkdsk and it stopped at 30% complete and had an error message. That message was The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. I thought I could copy boot.ini from A: to C: so I tried Dir C:. That message was An error occurred during directory enumeration. I can see the bad drive when I slave it to another computer. When I try to look at it using explorer it comes up with the disk is not formatted, would I like to?
I am at a loss as to what to do and would appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks
I do not have a WinXP CD, but I have downloaded the 6 disk set from Windows and tried to run the repair console from that. I get to the repair option and select it. It does not give ask about any installation location. It takes me to c:\> and I can type in basic commands. I tried following the help posted at http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm and was not successful. When I entered bootcfg /list it came back with No boot entries available to display. I proceeded to the next step and entered bootcfg /rebuild. The error that came back was Failed to successfully scan disks for windows installations. may be corrupt file system which would prevent bootcfg from successfully scanning. Use chkdsk to detect any disk errors. I ran Chkdsk and it stopped at 30% complete and had an error message. That message was The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. I thought I could copy boot.ini from A: to C: so I tried Dir C:. That message was An error occurred during directory enumeration. I can see the bad drive when I slave it to another computer. When I try to look at it using explorer it comes up with the disk is not formatted, would I like to?
I am at a loss as to what to do and would appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks