WINDOWS COULD NOT START DUE TO MISSING OR CORRUPTED FILE.(PART III) If you may receive one of the following error messages: Error message 1 : Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: c:\windows\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. Error message 2 : Cannot find c:\Windows\System32\hal.dll Error message 3 : Cannot find hal.dll HAL is Microsofts abbreviation for the Hardware Abstraction Layer, the technology and drivers that let the Windows operating systems communicate with your PCs hardware. HAL is one of several features--along with the NT file system (NTFS) that replaced the much less secure MS-DOS--that make NT-based operating systems more secure and reliable than Windows . HAL prevents applications from directly accessing your PCs system memory, CPU, or hardware devices (such as video and sound cards)--a method that can prevent many device conflicts and crashes. Unfortunately, HAL sometimes also slows or stops DOS games and programs, which need to load their own memory managers or control hardware directly for better performance. With HAL in the way, developers must rewrite or even abandon their older software in favor of newer, HAL-compatible versions. Microsoft has pressured hardware makers to provide or support technologies such as MMX, DirectX, and 3D graphics language OpenGL, all of which allow fast but indirect access to the advanced high-performance features of video, sound, and CPU hardware. Such access also makes for a better visual experience when using Windows for Web and productivity applications; improved graphics performance is evident all over Windows XPs new user interface. XP also offers some new compatibility-mode features that let you run programs meant to run under earlier operating systems, but, frankly, most DOS-based and even some Windows-based games simply wont work with the new OS. this Causes of the missing or corrupt hal.dll error include, naturally, a damaged hal.dll DLL file or a hal.dll file that has been deleted or moved from its intended location.some time this error message may be experienced on a Microsoft Windows system when the boot.ini becomes corrupted or when a user is attempting to dual boot a computer. Option 1:Boot from your CD and follow the directions to start Recovery Console. Then: Attrib -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini DEL C:\Boot.ini BootCfg /Rebuild Fixboot Option 2:Boot from your CD and follow the directions below to start Recovery Console. Insert the Setup compact disc (CD) and restart the computer. If prompted, select any options required to boot from the CD. When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts; choose the repair or recover option by pressing R. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console. When prompted, type the Administrator password. (if you didnt create one try pressing enter). At the system prompt, type Recovery Console commands; type help for a list of commands, or help command name for help on a specific command. Most likely you will need to expand the file from the CD. The command would be expand d:\i386\hal.dl_ c:\windows\system32\hal.dll. Substitute d: for the drive letter of your CD. Once you have expanded the file type exit to exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer. Option 3: If corrupted hard drive or severely corrupted Windows possibility then Check the hard drive for any errors by running the chkdsk program. To do this at the recovery console type chkdsk /r command. Option 4: If after trying all of the above steps you are still encountering the same issue its likely that Windows is severely corrupted and it is recommended you reinstall Windows. Finally, if during the Windows installation you encounter errors its likely that your hard drive is bad.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:13:05 +0000
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