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"corrupt hal.dllj", boot sector problem? (partinfo text included)
I can no longer boot to my FAT32 WinXP partition, although my folders
seem intact and accessible from recovery console. I recently upgraded hard drives and cloned my partition, which seemed to work fine, until I started getting the "missing or corrupt" hal.dll message whenever I try to boot. If I boot to the WinXP CD I am not offered the repair option to do a repair installation. Out of desperation I tried 'fixboot /rebuild' and later 'fixmbr' commands from the repair console which did not help. Still the hal.dll message. Below are the results of partinfo.exe on the problem hard drive: ================================================ PARTINFO 1.09 Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved. Run date: 02/20/2005 14:07 ================================================== ================== MBR Partition Information (HD0): +====+====+=============+====+=============+====== =====+===========+ | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | c | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 312576642 | | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 | +====+====+=============+====+=============+====== =====+===========+ ================================================== ============================= EMBR Found (HD0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revsion: 2 Min SPT: 9 Sectors: 1 SSize: 512 Last Cyl: 1023 Last Hd: 254 SPT: 63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPT Found: Revision: 5, Number of Entries: 1 Flag: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: LOCAL DISK-0 Flag: 4000 Start: 63 End: 312576704 FS: C ID: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MBFT Found: Revision: 2, Number of Entries: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDT Found: Revision: 2, Number of Entries: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: Bootit EMBRL Flag: 20 Start: 0 NumSecs: 7 Alloc: 50 ID: 0 ================================================== ============================= BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File System ID: 0xC LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 312576642 ID: 0x1 Jump: EB 58 90 (EB 58 90) OEM Name: MSWIN4.1 (MSWIN4.1) Bytes Per Sec: 512 (512) Sec Per Clust: 64 (64) Res Sectors: 32 (32) Num FATs: 2 (2) Root Dir Ents: 0 (0) Sectors: 0 (0) Media: 0xF8 (0xF8) Secs Per FAT: 0 (0) Sec Per Track: 63 (63) Heads: 255 (255) Hidden Secs: 63 (63) Huge Sectors: 312576642 (312576642) Huge Secs Per FAT: 38149 (38149) Flags: 0x0 (0x0) Version: 0 (0) Root Dir Clust: 14043 (14043) FS Info Sec: 1 (1) FS Bkup Sec: 6 (6) Reserved: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive Num: 0x80 (0x80) Res: 0x0 (0x0) Boot Sig: 0x29 (0x29) Vol ID: 0x1A330EDF (0x1A330EDF) Volume Label: LOCAL DISK (LOCAL DISK) FS Type: FAT32 (FAT32 ) Boot Flag: 0xAA55 (0xAA55) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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As a follow up, my boot.ini reads as follows:
[boot loader] timeout=20 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="" |
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wrote in message oups.com... I can no longer boot to my FAT32 WinXP partition, although my folders seem intact and accessible from recovery console. I recently upgraded hard drives and cloned my partition, That is likely the problem, you stuffed up the cloning. which seemed to work fine, until I started getting the "missing or corrupt" hal.dll message whenever I try to boot. Thats very common when you dont do the cloning properly and is only seen when you remove the original drive. It appears to boot off the clone fine with the original present and then fails to boot once you either remove the original or wipe the files from it that are used when booting the clone, from the original. Its a bit late now if you have wiped the original drive, but if you've just removed it, try doing the clone again. This time do the clone in a way that you can guarantee wont have the system reboot after the clone has been done. When the clone has been done, physically disconnect the original drive and boot the clone. XP will claim to have seen new hardware and ask if it can reboot. Allow that, and let it reboot. Once you have booted the clone that way, you can connect the original again and the clone will still boot fine, and you can boot from the original too if you want to by selecting the drive to boot from in the bios. If you dont do the first boot off the clone that way, with the original still visible to XP, it gets royally confused and basically keeps getting some files used in the boot process of the original even when booting off the clone. Which then fails if you either remove the original later, or wipe the files on the original. If I boot to the WinXP CD I am not offered the repair option to do a repair installation. It isnt offered UNTIL you start installing XP on that drive. THEN it will offer to repair the installation instead of doing a fresh clean installation. Out of desperation I tried 'fixboot /rebuild' and later 'fixmbr' commands from the repair console which did not help. Still the hal.dll message. Usually because the boot is still trying to get some files off the original drive and they are no longer there for some reason. Neither fixboot or fixmbr will fix that particular problem. Below are the results of partinfo.exe on the problem hard drive: That stuff isnt likely relevant, the partitions are likely fine, the problem is what files are used in the XP boot process, not the partitions. |
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wrote in message ups.com... As a follow up, my boot.ini reads as follows: [boot loader] timeout=20 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="" Thats the result of the fixboot /rebuild The last line would normally be something like multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn |
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