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NTLD is missing & hal.dll

  • 27-10-2008 9:47pm
    #1
    snowyeoghan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    I am having a serious problem with my Laptop;

    When the laptop is powered up I firstly get NTLDR is missing-I managed to get a file when burned to cd sorts that out but then when I progress on I get a message say the hal.dll file is missing.

    I have tried to do a clean installation using the boot cd but I again get the NTLDR message. I don't know what to try now...

    Any ideas - thanks!


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  • #2
    Sean^DCT4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Sean^DCT4


    snowyeoghan wrote: »
    Hi there,

    I am having a serious problem with my Laptop;

    When the laptop is powered up I firstly get NTLDR is missing-I managed to get a file when burned to cd sorts that out but then when I progress on I get a message say the hal.dll file is missing.

    I have tried to do a clean installation using the boot cd but I again get the NTLDR message. I don't know what to try now...

    Any ideas - thanks!

    I have seen this error many times before.
    When you done a clean installation did you format the drive or re-install over the existing drive?

    Best practice would be to delete and then create a newly formatted partition and install the OS onto this.


    Good luck.


  • #3
    snowyeoghan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭snowyeoghan


    Thanks

    I managed to get it sorted - I simply put in another version of xp and installed that on the formatted HD. So strange the way it didnt work on the original cd.

    I still dont understand why it worked with another version of xp and not the original.

    Problem solved anywho!


  • #4
    ,8,1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭,8,1


    Simple solution is to boot up your Windows XP installation CD from Power-On Self Test, go into Recovery Console, then run fixmbr and fixboot.


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