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hal.dll mising on system restore/recovery

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Colin Trunt

Flightless Bird
If I try and boot up in recovery mode I get some message,
forget exact working but it says I think hal.dll is missing.
I think it may say window/system32/hal.dll is missing.
There is a hal.dll in the system32 directory on the main partition,
should there be one on the recovery partition?


Anyway whats the problem, the file is there apparently and the
system boots up into normal mode so wtf can't it boot into recovery?
 
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Colin Trunt

Flightless Bird
"Colin Trunt" <colin@trunt.com> wrote in message
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> If I try and boot up in recovery mode I get some message,
> forget exact working but it says I think hal.dll is missing.
> I think it may say window/system32/hal.dll is missing.
> There is a hal.dll in the system32 directory on the main partition,
> should there be one on the recovery partition?
>
>
> Anyway whats the problem, the file is there apparently and the
> system boots up into normal mode so wtf can't it boot into recovery?
>

This is my boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"

=====================================

Also, in msconfig, on the boot.ini tab when I selct 'check all boot paths'
it says:-
"It appears that the following line in boot.ini does not refer to a valid
operating system."
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
 
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Colin Trunt

Flightless Bird
"Colin Trunt" <colin@trunt.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Colin Trunt" <colin@trunt.com> wrote in message
> news:pqMun.164583$7o6.143583@newsfe27.ams2...
>> If I try and boot up in recovery mode I get some message,
>> forget exact working but it says I think hal.dll is missing.
>> I think it may say window/system32/hal.dll is missing.
>> There is a hal.dll in the system32 directory on the main partition,
>> should there be one on the recovery partition?
>>
>>
>> Anyway whats the problem, the file is there apparently and the
>> system boots up into normal mode so wtf can't it boot into recovery?
>>
>
> This is my boot.ini
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
> C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"
>
> =====================================
>
> Also, in msconfig, on the boot.ini tab when I selct 'check all boot paths'
> it says:-
> "It appears that the following line in boot.ini does not refer to a valid
> operating system."
> [boot loader]
> timeout=15
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
> C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
> c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"



OK I just notice the boot.ini on the second partion (D:)

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:/CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
c:/wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"


This has partition 1 mentioned? which is c:?
I'm confused!!
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Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_haldll_missing.htm

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"Colin Trunt" <colin@trunt.com> wrote in message
news:pqMun.164583$7o6.143583@newsfe27.ams2...
> If I try and boot up in recovery mode I get some message,
> forget exact working but it says I think hal.dll is missing.
> I think it may say window/system32/hal.dll is missing.
> There is a hal.dll in the system32 directory on the main partition,
> should there be one on the recovery partition?
>
>
> Anyway whats the problem, the file is there apparently and the
> system boots up into normal mode so wtf can't it boot into recovery?
>
 
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