Windows cant start - corrupt file

[Guest bronzeback]

I am running XP on a 2004 Dell Machine. Last night I turned on the computer

and it went to a black DOS type screen and gave this message:

 

Windows could not start because the following file is messing or corrupt:

 

<windows root>\system32\hal.dll.

 

Please re-install a copy of the above file

 

 

 

So.....what can I do? it just goes back to a black screen. How can I

fix the problem and If I cant fix it, I just want to get my files off the

hard drive (docs, pictures, mp3, etc) then get a new computor. Can I

retrieve files off the hard drive somehow?

[Guest Alias]

Re: Windows cant start - corrupt file

 

bronzeback wrote:

> I am running XP on a 2004 Dell Machine. Last night I turned on the computer

> and it went to a black DOS type screen and gave this message:

>

> Windows could not start because the following file is messing or corrupt:

>

> <windows root>\system32\hal.dll.

>

> Please re-install a copy of the above file

>

>

>

> So.....what can I do? it just goes back to a black screen. How can I

> fix the problem and If I cant fix it, I just want to get my files off the

> hard drive (docs, pictures, mp3, etc) then get a new computor. Can I

> retrieve files off the hard drive somehow?

 

Can you get into Safe Mode? You need to press F8 right after the beep.

If not, call Dell and ask them how you can do a repair install.

 

Alias

[Guest Nightowl]

Re: Windows cant start - corrupt file

 

bronzeback <bronzeback@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Fri, 6 Jun

2008:

>I am running XP on a 2004 Dell Machine. Last night I turned on the computer

>and it went to a black DOS type screen and gave this message:

>

>Windows could not start because the following file is messing or corrupt:

>

><windows root>\system32\hal.dll.

>

>Please re-install a copy of the above file

>

>So.....what can I do? it just goes back to a black screen. How can I

>fix the problem and If I cant fix it, I just want to get my files off the

>hard drive (docs, pictures, mp3, etc) then get a new computor. Can I

>retrieve files off the hard drive somehow?

 

 

Hi bronzeback

 

The hal.dll message can be a bit misleading -- it quite often means

there's a problem with your boot.ini or even possibly your hard disk

itself. The worst case scenario might be you having to buy another hard

disk and re-install but you certainly don't need to buy a new computer!

 

Have a look at this page; it goes through possible causes and explains

how to fix them:

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/missinghaldll.htm

 

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get on:-)

--

Nightowl

[Guest PaulM]

Re: Windows cant start - corrupt file

 

Read this:

Error message in Windows XP SP2: “Windows could not start because the

following file is missing or corrupt. Windows\System32\Hal.dll”

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945380/en-us

 

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"bronzeback" <bronzeback@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BD4497F6-C7BC-4FD3-AB7A-324E36BE5214@microsoft.com...

> I am running XP on a 2004 Dell Machine. Last night I turned on the

> computer

> and it went to a black DOS type screen and gave this message:

>

> Windows could not start because the following file is messing or corrupt:

>

> <windows root>\system32\hal.dll.

>

> Please re-install a copy of the above file

>

>

>

> So.....what can I do? it just goes back to a black screen. How can I

> fix the problem and If I cant fix it, I just want to get my files off the

> hard drive (docs, pictures, mp3, etc) then get a new computor. Can I

> retrieve files off the hard drive somehow?