Comments on: How to Resolve the Missing Or Corrupt Hal.dll Error in Windows XP http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/ Technology Advice by Ryan Taylor Adams Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: hony http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 hony Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:31:45 +0000 http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/#comment-1067 nice information

nice information

]]> By: Manu http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Manu Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:46:29 +0000 http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/#comment-805 Yes I did upgarde the drive and I did use the ghost images to restore directly to the new drive. The HAL error came simply from a screwed up boot.ini. I figured this out based on your proposal of fixmbr, so thank you. Solved ;-)

Yes I did upgarde the drive and I did use the ghost images to restore directly to the new drive.

The HAL error came simply from a screwed up boot.ini.
I figured this out based on your proposal of fixmbr, so thank you.

Solved ;-)

]]> By: Ryan Adams http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Ryan Adams Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:38:15 +0000 http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/#comment-804 @<a href="#comment-803" rel="nofollow">Manu</a>: There are two important steps. You need to replace the hal.dll file with a known good version, and you need to rebuild the MBR. You could probably replace the hal.dll file by connecting the drive to another computer (perhaps with a IDE to USB adapter), but you will need to boot from a Windows CD to issue the fixboot command. Upon re-reading your message, it sounds like you were trying to upgrade to a larger hard drive. If that is the case you should use the restore CDs you have to install Windows on the old hard drive, then use a disk cloning program to clone that drive to the new hard drive.

@Manu: There are two important steps. You need to replace the hal.dll file with a known good version, and you need to rebuild the MBR. You could probably replace the hal.dll file by connecting the drive to another computer (perhaps with a IDE to USB adapter), but you will need to boot from a Windows CD to issue the fixboot command.

Upon re-reading your message, it sounds like you were trying to upgrade to a larger hard drive. If that is the case you should use the restore CDs you have to install Windows on the old hard drive, then use a disk cloning program to clone that drive to the new hard drive.

]]> By: Manu http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Manu Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:21:38 +0000 http://blog.ryantadams.com/2007/12/13/how-to-resolve-the-missing-or-corrupt-haldll-error-in-windows-xp/#comment-803 The solution looks great if you do have a XP install CD and a CD/DVD reader. In my case I had to change the drive(from a WD60Go to WD120G0) of my M200 and I did reapply the restore images but got that HAL issue and I can't find a way to fix that. Ideas welcome

The solution looks great if you do have a XP install CD and a CD/DVD reader.

In my case I had to change the drive(from a WD60Go to WD120G0) of my M200 and I did reapply the restore images but got that HAL issue and I can’t find a way to fix that.

Ideas welcome

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