wildbill411 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I was given a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop that was working fine and on a reboot I got this message:Invalid boot.ini filebooting from C:\windowsthen I immediately I get this error:Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll.Please reinstall the above fileI do not have the windows XP Home disc or any Dell discs.Is there away to fix this with the "Ultimate Boot CD" or some other way to run a chkdisc?tia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infiniti25 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 If you can grab yourself a windows xp cd, you could follow the posts on this linkhttp://www.ozzu.com/mswindows-forum/window...dll-t53834.htmlbut you need a xp cd for gaining access to the recovery console.You could try a bartPE disc and run the instructions from that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill411 Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 If you can grab yourself a windows xp cd, you could follow the posts on this linkhttp://www.ozzu.com/mswindows-forum/window...dll-t53834.htmlbut you need a xp cd for gaining access to the recovery console.You could try a bartPE disc and run the instructions from that link.would my oem xp pro disc work on this xp home laptop?thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infiniti25 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 that would be fine to get to the recovery console, as long as its an install disc and not a recovery disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Also, you can make a Recovery Console CD out of the XP install floppies:http://tips.vlaurie.com/2006/05/23/recover...out-an-xp-disk/This way you can make it out of the same "edition" (home or Pro):http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q310994Some details/additions here:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2254http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5316jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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